RE: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-26 Thread Shearon, Tim
In support of Chris Green said let me just ask us a couple of questions: 1) How many of you would have predicted just 5 years ago that the Federal Government would even consider granting funds to faith-based: abstinence-only programs; international AIDS plans, etc. 2) How many of us would have

Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Christopher D. Green
For those following the Academic Bill if Rights debate, see this. Things are getting pretty hot in Florida. It looks like, if it passes, college teachers may not be able to mention evolution without giving equal and equally favorable time to creation.

RE: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Adams
Christopher Green wrote: For those following the Academic Bill if Rights debate, see this. Things are getting pretty hot in Florida. It looks like, if it passes, college teachers may not be able to mention evolution without giving equal and equally favorable time to creation.

RE: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Quoting Rick Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'll be more than happy to give equal time to creationism in my classroom--when churches are required to give equal time to evolution in their Sunday Schools! Unfortnately the legislature cannot dictate what is required to be covered in church, but can

Re: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Stephen Black
On 25 Mar 2005, Christopher D. Green wrote: For those following the Academic Bill if Rights debate, see this. Things are getting pretty hot in Florida. It looks like, if it passes, college teachers may not be able to mention evolution without giving equal and equally favorable time to

RE: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Adams
Sciences Subject: RE: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida Rick Adams wrote Does that mean that if we mention equality we have to give equal and equally favorable time to racism and sexism? Or if we mention democracy we have to give equal and equally favorable time to dictatorships? Yeah

RE: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Rick Adams
Annette Taylor writes: Unfortnately the legislature cannot dictate what is required to be covered in church, but can dictate what is required to be covered in public schools-- including universities. Can they? Or have we merely allowed them to do so? A PRIVATE college or

Re: Academic bill of rights makes progress in Florida

2005-03-25 Thread Christopher D. Green
Rick Adams wrote: A PRIVATE college or university has the right to insist that its faculty present material from only one perspective (i.e., a Southern Baptist University can insist on a Christian approach--which, by the way, they don't [I teach for one now]), Many do. Perhaps not yours. but a