Where academic freedom and the First Amendment religion clauses clash

2006-02-22 Thread Brad M Pardee
There was an interesting column in today campus paper about the hostility in certain places on our campus (a state university) toward conservative Christians (and, in fact, conservatives in general, although it's the hostility based on the student's religion which is germane to this list). One of

Re: Where academic freedom and the First Amendment religion clauses clash

2006-02-22 Thread Ed Brayton
Brad M Pardee wrote: There was an interesting column in today campus paper about the hostility in certain places on our campus (a state university) toward conservative Christians (and, in fact, conservatives in general, although it's the hostility based on the student's religion which is

Re: Where academic freedom and the First Amendment religion clauses clash

2006-02-22 Thread Steven Jamar
If I teach that the modern law of international human rights stems from the inherent worth and dignity of each person, and not from god-given natural law, I offend a number of students.When I teach freedom of religion and that constitutionally the state is to be neutral, I offend a number of