Re: Job Loss persecution
Kevin Wirth (kevin.wirth@accessone.com)
Thu, 29 Jun 95 21:22:31 PDT>To: jrc@tei.umass.edu
>From: kevin.wirth@accessone.com (Kevin Wirth)
>Subject: Re: Job Loss persecution
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>>For what it's worth, *I* was denied tenure because I refused to "tone down
>>the evolution angle" in my courses--including Human Evolution!--at a state
>>university in the Midwest. My dean was an Assembly of God member who told me
>>my outspokenness would hurt the school's appropriations; one or more
>>legislators had been in touch with him.
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>>In academia, this amounts to a death sentence--these years, there are no
>>second chance jobs after you have been "judged."
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>>I had been active in arguing for the reinstatement of public school teachers
>>denied renewal of contracts because they taught evolution, by the way.
>>
>>--John
>>(a newcomer to this list!)
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>Well John, I'm sorry that happened. Tell us more of your war stories about
other
>incidents relating to this issue. I'm sure we'd all like to hear about it.
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>Please....
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>Kevin
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