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Anticreationism Prof Quits Department Chair

Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
12-10-2005 09:23
Was it the outcry from the fundies or the road-side beating by ID thugs that made him step down and cancel his course? Remind me to drive around Kansas the next time I take a road trip.

A University of Kansas professor who drew criticism for e-mails he wrote deriding Christian fundamentalists over creationism has resigned as chairman of the Department of Religious Studies.
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Mirecki had planned to teach a course in the spring that examined creationism and intelligent design after the State Board of Education adopted science standards treating evolution as a flawed theory.
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On Monday, Mirecki was treated at a Lawrence hospital for head injuries after he said he was beaten by two men on a country road. He said the men referred to the creationism course. Law enforcement officials were investigating.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/08/creationism.professor.ap/index.html

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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
12-12-2005 22:12
Ahem.
On Monday, Mirecki was treated at a Lawrence hospital for head injuries after he said he was beaten by two men on a country road. He said the men referred to the creationism course. Law enforcement officials were investigating.


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Aurael Neurocam
Will script for food
Join date: 25 Oct 2005
Posts: 267
12-13-2005 00:21
that's sickening.

People beating a man up because of his beliefs about the origins of the universe?

What's next? Will someone hit me with a 2x4 because I like tea instead of coffee?
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