An email:

You’re half right on Hunter. He acknowledges micro-evolution (“at some level, created beings adapt to their surroundings, or change to some degree over generations”). That’s a standard creationist talking point: species can exhibit small adaptations (micro-evolution) but they were created, not evolved from other species (no macro-evolution). That hardly qualifies as acceptance of evolution.

Let me return the compliment: You’re half right. Hunter’s statement just isn’t clear on whether he accepts macro-evolution. I think you can believe in a Creator and macro-evolution, but it isn’t clear Hunter does. (Sen. Brownback was a little unclear, in a slightly different way, in his statement on evolution too.)