Yes. Gov. Nikki Haley made the state fossil official with her signature on Friday (May 16,2014)
Senate, however, tried to tweak the bill. One version was amended to read as follows:
"The Columbian Mammoth, which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field, is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina and must be officially referred to as the 'Columbian Mammoth,' which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field."
The version of the bill that eventually passed through the legislature was free of any such biblical language.
Yes. Gov. Nikki Haley made the state fossil official with her signature on Friday (May 16,2014)
Senate, however, tried to tweak the bill. One version was amended to read as follows:
"The Columbian Mammoth, which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field, is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina and must be officially referred to as the 'Columbian Mammoth,' which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field."
The version of the bill that eventually passed through the legislature was free of any such biblical language.
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Senate, however, tried to tweak the bill. One version was amended to read as follows:
"The Columbian Mammoth, which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field, is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina and must be officially referred to as the 'Columbian Mammoth,' which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field."
The version of the bill that eventually passed through the legislature was free of any such biblical language.