Here at Slashdot we are informed by someone or other that
“There is a Texas bill, HB 2454, proposed by Republican State Rep. Bill Zedler, that will outlaw discrimination against creationists in colleges and universities. More specifically, it says, ‘An institution of higher education may not discriminate against or penalize in any manner, especially with regard to employment or academic support, a faculty member or student based on the faculty member’s or student’s conduct of research relating to the theory of intelligent design or other alternate theories of the origination and development of organisms.'”
Most of the comments are predictable, and it would be far too much to ask otherwise.
It strikes me that there was a time when outlawing discrimination was considered a good thing. Now, some predict (and I am sure even vow) lawsuits.
One practical problem is that when we involve the legal system in what supposedly constitutes good education, we ask people to make the decision who have never taught. I’m surprised at how often and how readily Americans resort to such remedies when, in general, one would never know from international education rankings that they do any good. Thoughts?
American friends also tell me “most Darwin lobbyists tend to eschew separation of powers because they don’t believe in limited government.” Ah, but I gather that most Americans do.
I suppose the Darwin lobby will try to bring Dawkins’s inquisition to bear, to say npthing of Darwin’s broomsticks so it should be fun.