Category: Constitution
So what will you do when your turn comes?
| January 28, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under Constitution, Cosmology |
Nathan Black reports for Christian Post “Intelligent Design Proponent Fired from NASA Lab” (Jan. 26 2011). David Coppedge is an information technology specialist and system administrator on JPL’s international Cassini mission to Saturn, the most ambitious interplanetary exploration ever launched. A division of California Institute of Technology, JPL operates under a contract with the federal… more
Open Records Lawsuit
| June 14, 2010 | Posted by scordova under Constitution, Courts, Intelligent Design |
Rob Crowther reports: California Science Center to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Settle Open Records Lawsuit by Intelligent Design Group The California Science Center (CSC) has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute and release records that it previously sought to conceal regarding its cancellation of the screening of a pro-intelligent design… more
California Lawmaker demands answers over museum censorship
| January 15, 2010 | Posted by DonaldM under Biology, Cambrian explosion, Constitution, Courts, Culture, Darwinism, Education, Ethics, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Free Speech, Intellectual freedom, Intelligent Design, Laws, Legal, Media, Science |
Apparently round two of the controversy over the California’s Science Center’s cancellation of Darwin’s Dilemma is getting ready to take place. This was reported and discussed here back in October, as well as here and here in December. Now, a California State Senator is calling the constitutionality of the censorship into question. more
O’Reilly: Dawkins’ evolution only is fascism
| October 12, 2009 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Laws, Philosophy, Religion, Science |
O’Reilly told Dawkins” you insist you can’t even mention it, that is fascism, sir. Was he right? Is it constitutional/scientific to insist that only materialistic evolution can be taught? See: O’Reilly vs. Atheist Author Richard Dawkins O’REILLY: . . . It’s not fair to leave it out of the science class if the science class… more
Academic freedom for creation explanation
| March 18, 2009 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Expelled, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life |
Reuben Kendall, freshman at UT-Martin, has written a thoughtful view point regarding Evolution vs Intelligent Design. He raises important points on metaphysical presumptions vs data. He raises the question of Academic Freedom which incorporates the foundational unalienable freedoms of speech and religion. May I encourage readers to write editorials and viewpoints raising such issues and… more
Science’s Rightful Place Redux
| March 7, 2009 | Posted by DonaldM under Biology, Chemistry, Constitution, Culture, Darwinism, Laws, Legal, Philosophy, Religion, Science |
Back in January I posted this comment to ask what is science’s “rightful place.” Now it seems we’re getting a clearer picture of the answer as far as the President is concerned. Fox News is reporting that President Obama to issue an executive order on Monday that would lift the restrictions on embryonic stem cell… more
Yoko Ono Lawsuit Expelled!
| July 17, 2008 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Darwinism, Expelled |
There may yet be hope for the First Amendment and common sense copyright. ———————- Yoko Ono Lawsuit Expelled!: Judge Rules in Favor of Expelled Producers; Film To Be Re-Released In Theaters This Summer (PRWEB) July 17, 2008 — The producers of the controversial film, Expelled, are celebrating their first legal victory in the lawsuit brought… more
Texas educator sues over job loss and creationism
| July 10, 2008 | Posted by Mario A. Lopez under Constitution, Courts, Creationism, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Expelled, Intelligent Design, Laws, Legal, Religion, Science |
Published online 9 July 2008 | Nature 454, 150 (2008) A former Texas official is suing the state’s education agency, saying that its policies passively endorse creationism. In a complaint filed with a district court on 1 July, Christina Comer, a former director of state science education, alleged that officials tacitly condone the teaching of… more
UD’s Immodest Proposal mentioned in Worldnet Daily
| July 8, 2008 | Posted by scordova under Constitution, Courts, Creationism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Laws, Legal |
Congratulations to Roddy Bullock for having his first column, Judge says creationism for the birds, published in Worldnet Daily. Roddy is head of the Intelligent Design Network in Ohio. Roddy references Bill Dembski’s Immodest Proposal But there is another option, a brilliant solution if evolution’s defenders have any integrity. Put forth by author William Dembski,… more
Judge Jones loses in Florida and Louisiana
| April 29, 2008 | Posted by scordova under Constitution, Courts, Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design |
Judge Jones (the former liquor control board director famous for his involvement with Frog Beer) ruled in 2005 that it was unconstitutional for teachers in the Dover school district to question Darwinism. Jones viewed himself as the person who would settle the question of Darwinism for all time an eternity. He even went on the… more
Expelled — Separation of Church and State in Public Education, Selectively Enforced
| April 1, 2008 | Posted by GilDodgen under Constitution, Courts, Expelled |
Judge Jones ruled that rational and evidential challenges to Darwinian orthodoxy cannot be tolerated in public education because they violate the First Amendment. It now appears that using religious images in a high school art class assignment is unconstitutional, but only if those religious images are Christian. A high school student has filed a lawsuit… more
Caroline Crocker’s new website, and where the real action is
| March 4, 2008 | Posted by scordova under Constitution, Courts, Creationism, Education, Intelligent Design |
I’m pleased to announce the IDEA Center’s new Executive Director has just rolled out her own website: IntellectualHonesty.info I met with Dr. Crocker recently at a screening of the movie Expelled. She will be featured prominently in the movie! The Darwinists have framed the ID debate as being about what should and should not be… more
Dembski interviewed over Design of Life
| December 14, 2007 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Education, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science, The Design of Life |
Friday Five: William A. Dembski by Devon Williams, associate editor, CitizenLink.org ‘Are there patterns in biological systems that would point us to intelligence?’ Leading scientist and mathematician William A. Dembski has devoted years to researching intelligent design. He is a research professor in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has been featured on the… more
Can Texas remain neutral on origin theories?
| December 6, 2007 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Creationism, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal |
* Can or should the State of Texas remain neutral on origin theories? * Can politicians enforce such a principle? * Would remaining neutral violate the First Amendment? Consider the following recent events that offer a remarkable contrast to the case of denying tenure to astronomer Gonzalez: ——————– State science curriculum director resigns Move comes… more
PZ Myers supports academic freedom for Marks
| September 9, 2007 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Education, Evolution, Science |
PZ Myers of Pharyngula has stood up on the side of academic freedom at Baylor University for Robert Marks, II. Baylor episode is getting wider circulation Posted on: September 4, 2007 3:07 PM, by PZ Myer “The story of the Robert Marks debacle has now made the pages of The Chronicle of Higher Education. If… more
First they came…
| June 6, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Constitution, Intelligent Design, Laws, Legal |
The following poem entitled “First they came…” is inscribed at the Boston Holocaust Memorial. Those who believe Guillermo Gonzalez’ involvement with ID outside the Iowa State campus can be justly used in consideration of whether or not to grant him tenure would be well served to think about this. First they came… They came first… more
Separation of Church and State
| May 8, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Constitution, Culture, Religion |
This is for ForTheKids (FTK) to discuss separation of church and state. An important topic IMO. I deleted her opening separation comment on the DCA Update II thread as well as responses because I wanted that thread to remain topical. Our blog software has no option for relocating comments. FTK has been so gracious to… more
Freedom of Religious Expression Protection Act of 2007
| February 28, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Constitution, Courts, Laws, Legal |
The act, often abbreviated “PERA” (Public Expression of Religion Act) was introduced introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and was passed by a strong majority. It was not considered by the Senate in 2006. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) has reintroduced it to the Senate for 2007. The act prohibits the award of attorney’s… more
Why “You Evolved, Darnit!†Is Bad Ed. Policy
| January 25, 2007 | Posted by leebowman under Constitution, Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design |
Do you believe in ‘individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace’? These are some of the CATO Institute’s principles, and if you agree, then you may well agree with Andrew J. Coulson’s latest pronouncement regarding mandated school policies, not the least of which is prohibiting the mere mention of alternate scientific theories of origins,… more
Don’t fire him . . . Just make his work-situation a living hell
| December 22, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Constitution, Courts, Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal, Science |
The Scientist reports today on the unfolding Congressional probe into the Sternberg case. The following paragraph caught my attention: NCSE spokesman Nicholas Matzke said his group was not part of an effort to dismiss Sternberg. “A lot of people at the Smithsonian were mad because their journal was dragged into a political issue. We wanted… more