Zack Kopplin wins Hefner First Amendment Award

Kopplin launched his anti-creationist effort while still in high school, and eventually gathered 55,000 signatures on a petition, enlisted the support of 78 Nobel laureates, and testified State Senate hearings.

He is also responsible for Hurricane Katrina. How cool is that?

Here's his talk:

Those are peacocks in the background, right?

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