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Too 'Evangelical' for Astronomy Job at Kentucky?

FIRE

December 20, 2010

University of Texas astronomy professor C. Martin Gaskell sues the University of Kentucky for allegedly nixing his application because he was "potentially evangelical" and "had outspoken public views about creationism and evolution." (Gaskell denies being a creationist.)

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