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UCLA Chair in Sexual Orientation Law — That’s Okay; UCLA Chair in Intelligent Design — No Way

William Dembski
February 26, 2007
Intelligent Design
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How much more difficult will it be to get an endowed ID chair at a major state university?

Thanks to a more than $1-million donation from a gay male couple who hope one day to marry in California, UCLA’s law school is planning to establish what is described as the nation’s first endowed academic chair in sexual orientation law.

The cash gift from John McDonald and Rob Wright will help fund the research of a still-to-be-named professor at UCLA Law School’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy. That 5-year-old think tank investigates such topics as anti-homosexual discrimination, the impact of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policies and the demographics of same-sex couples who have adopted children.

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"What does the one thing (sexual orientation law) have to do with the other (ID)?" What does sodomy have to do with ID? In my personal opinion? Nothing. ID predicts JunkDNA has a purpose. Personally, I personally think ID predicts man and woman have a sexually reproductive purpose and that sodomy is not part of the designed function. From an evolutionary standpoint, I would look at it as a degenerative form of evolution which could not survive without artificial means, or bisexual moments. But you miss the point entirely. One is science, the other is a lifestyle choice of sodomy. The latter being seen as politically correct at UCLA, whereas the former is seen as politically incorrect. Therefore, it will be more difficult to establish an ID Chair at UCLA than a sodomy chair at the UCLA school of law. I wonder if UCLA has a Chair for anti-Christian descrimination at their Law School?Michaels7
February 27, 2007
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IOW, laws concerning what you do in or out of the closet should determine and guarantee the justice of your desires, and make sure others comply. IOW, they should involve behavior and not orientation. A sextor is not all that well defined . . . I never heard of the word before.tribune7
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Sexual orientation laws refer to the angle of the sextor rather than the position and magnitude. IOW, laws concerning what you do in or out of the closet should determine and guarantee the justice of your desires, and make sure others comply. [A sextor is not all that well defined but is usually a measure of how well a person identifies with the herd, how outspoken she/he is, and how defiant she/he is against what is traditional, pure, clean, and decent]eebrom
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What does the positive or negative affects of “sodomy” have to do with legal research into sexual orientation law? So, what exactly is a sexual orientation law?tribune7
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I believe the Bass family out of Texas gave Yale $20mm to establish a chair on Western Civilization. It was later revoked because Yale killed the program and tried to reappropriate the funds to a different program.late_model
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It's a tough row to hoe looking for a seat at the table of Western Enlightenment liberalism, because anything transcendant is simply out of place there. You don't look for a place at the table; you make a new table.Jaz
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I doubt very much that any research — regardless of how well founded — showing good reasons to discourage sodomy would see the light of day in that curriculum. What does the positive or negative affects of "sodomy" have to do with legal research into sexual orientation law? I'd think that kind of research would belong in the psychology department.artful38
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Have you tried donating a million dollars to set the chair up and see what they say ? Wasn't there a controversy at one of the Ivies where someone left money for a chair in American history (or something like that) and it was never put to use?tribune7
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Is there any reason why an endowed chair in sexual orientation law should bother anyone who cares about ID? I think the point is that it's illustrative namely that institutions aren't being honest when they claim all views are welcome at the table regardless of their popularity or any controversy associated with them. Another point, I suspect the endowed chair on sexual orientation law is going to far more about advocacy and propaganda than education. I doubt very much that any research -- regardless of how well founded -- showing good reasons to discourage sodomy would see the light of day in that curriculum.tribune7
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What does the one thing (sexual orientation law) have to do with the other (ID)? Is there any reason why an endowed chair in sexual orientation law should bother anyone who cares about ID?mgarelick
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Any millionaires frequenting this blog who care to prove me wrong?William Dembski
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I'm not sure this comment is entirely fair. Have you tried donating a million dollars to set the chair up and see what they say ? Seems you can buy a chair for a cool million for any crazy idea apparently. ;) Though I suspect you are right.Jason Rennie
February 26, 2007
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How much more difficult will it be to get an endowed ID chair at a major state university?
Pretty hard, but it hasn't stopped some of us in the great state of Virginia from trying. :-)scordova
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