We’re in the heart of the OK Legipalooza 2026 – the cold, empty, and dreadful part of January when lawmakers introduce all the batshit crazy right-wing bills they’ve filed to pander, appease, and entertain the masses they happily represent and belong to.
One of those bills is Senate Bill 1868 by David Bullard – the bearded right-wing culture-war fighting Derplahoman from Durant.
If passed and signed into law – and before being blocked by the courts as unconstitutional – it will prohibit Oklahoma science teachers from presenting the theory of evolution as the only universally accepted and proven-to-be-true explanation about the origins and development of complex life and organisms, which it is, and instead require them to present non-science-based origin beliefs – like intelligent design and religious creation myths – as other viable options.
Here are the details from a press release Bullard issued:
Bullard Bill Pushes Back on Evolution-Only School Curriculum
Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, has filed legislation to restore balanced instruction in Oklahoma classrooms and promote critical-thinking skills by ensuring students are not subjected to one government-mandated ideology about the origins of life.
Senate Bill 1868 prohibits public school teachers from presenting the theory of evolution as the sole explanation for the origin of human life. Bullard’s bill requires public and charter schoolteachers who instruct students on biological evolution to also provide education on the concepts of creationism and/or intelligent design.
Hehe. Did you catch that? He’s positioning the theory of evolution not as a foundational, universally accepted scientific truth that forms the basis of so many other disciplines in biology, medicine, and genetics, but as a “government-mandated ideology.”