tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post1716266604188392041..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: Indiana Joins the FrayJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-80191541488108789152012-02-03T14:58:05.829-05:002012-02-03T14:58:05.829-05:00The great beauty of the academic freedom argument ...The great beauty of the academic freedom argument is that you can hide anything behind it, be it creationism or ID or any other silly notion, all in the name of “fairness.”Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-75372378976040994542012-02-03T14:22:38.253-05:002012-02-03T14:22:38.253-05:00John Freshwater is using the "academic freedo...John Freshwater is using the "academic freedom" argument in his appeal of his termination as a middle school science teacher in Mt. Vernon, OH. His <a href="http://ncse.com/webfm_send/1691" rel="nofollow">appeals brief</a> (PDF) claims that<br /><br /><i>The Board's termination of Freshwater's employment on this basis raises significant First<br />Amendment concerns that were completely ignored by the court below. The Board's action in<br />this regard is in violation of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech-and the subsidiary<br />right of academic freedom-with respect to both Freshwater and his students.</i><br /><br />The <a href="http://ncse.com/webfm_send/1717" rel="nofollow">Board's brief</a> (PDF) vigorously contests that claim (see p 17<i>ff</i>).RBHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562135000111792590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-61662290834345949042012-01-29T13:02:17.884-05:002012-01-29T13:02:17.884-05:00You may be right about Dover. I would like to thi...You may be right about Dover. I would like to think it has far-reaching implications but the only case where it has ruled its head is the Louisiana case in Livingston Parrish, where the local school board used the Jindal-signed “academic freedom” bill to drag in creationism. It reminds me of the post I had a bit back (can't seem to find it now) where an unsuccessful suit was brought against the University of California because they rescinded the acceptance of an incoming student when they found out his scientific training had been in young-earth creationism. I thought that would have far-reaching implications for schools that taught that but nothing seems to have come of it.Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-75141061325737756132012-01-29T09:08:09.942-05:002012-01-29T09:08:09.942-05:00Indiana's "pro-creation" bill may re...Indiana's "pro-creation" bill may reflect Republican perception of its base's desires. The legislators on the committee may think that they need to support the bill, or suffer election defeat.<br /><br />I don't believe that the Dover case flies as high on the radar as some of us think. To those of us who regularly keep tabs on this stuff, it's huge; but to the general public, it's probably "in one ear, out the other" for the most part.Rubblehttp://thereligionforum.comnoreply@blogger.com