#2978: Bill Hardiman

William Clyde Hardiman III was the mayor of Kentwood, Michigan from 1992 to 2002, subsequently a state senator from 2003 to 2011, and an unsuccessful Congressional candidate in 2011. This is, in other words, somewhat antiquated stuff, but we deem it to be still worth mentioning, albeit briefly. Hardiman’s stint in the state senate was characterized by backing a number of bills promoting intelligent design creationism and, in particular, teaching intelligent design creationism in public schools, such as a 2008 bill that would open up for teaching “alternative views” on evolution, global warming and cloning. Hardiman, the lead sponsor of the senate version of the bill, said he was inspired by the ‘documentary’ Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, which is approximately on the level of referring to a Jack Chick comic.

 

Diagnosis: Fool. At present hopefully out of any group with any power to influence these matters.