Pastor Wilbur Straking said he will lead a group of 25 “dedicated Christians” to the state capital next Monday to protest the University’s teaching evolution.

“We believe the teaching of evolution is against the principles of this Christian country, ” said Straking, “and we want to put a stop to it.”  Straking, pastor of the Ever-Faithful Church of the Living Water, and his group are objecting to a class taught by Laura Cliff, associate professor of biology.  Neither Cliff, nor the university president would comment on the group’s charges.