e......40.") March 1, 2013 Fighting Creeping Creationism htto://billmovers.comkoisodefull-show-fighting-creeping-creationism/ BILL MOYERS: This week on Moyers & Company... ZACK KOPPLIN: Evolution and climate change aren't scientifically controversial, but they are controversial to Louisiana legislators. And basically, everyone who looked at this law knew it was just a backdoor to sneak creationism into public school science classes. BILL MOYERS: And... SUSAN JACOBY: I never do debates about the existence of God. Why would you do that? Who are you going to convince? I like to talk about public issues. BILL MOYERS: Welcome to this week's broadcast and the "troublemaker" of the year. That's right, my guest is the first recipient of a new award that singles out teenagers who are not afraid to speak their minds on major issues, even when everyone else around them disagrees. Not afraid, in other words, to stir up trouble for a good cause. That's what Zack Kopplin was doing just the other day at a Save Texas Schools rally in Austin, the state capital: ZACK KOPPLIN: Do we want Texas tax dollars being used to fund private schools teaching creationism? Say no Texas! BILL MOYERS: Zack Kopplin was chosen to receive the first "troublemaker" of the year award because he's made waves fighting on behalf of science and against laws making it easier to teach creationism in public schools. Today's fundamentalists, with political support from the right wing, are more aggressive than ever in crusading to challenge evolution with the dogma of creationism. But they didn't reckon on Zack Kopplin. Starting at the grass roots in his home state of Louisiana, he's become a formidable adversary nationally, speaking, debating, button-holing politicians, and winning the active support of Nobel laureates, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The New Orleans City Council and tens of thousands of students, teachers and others around the country who have