Tag: University of Kentucky
Does T-urf13 Refute Irreducible Complexity? A Response to Arthur Hunt
Since 2007, Hunt has been claiming to have refuted Michael Behe’s thesis that irreducible complexity cannot arise by mindless evolutionary processes.
New Website Advocates Free Science — An Idea Vital to the Progress of Knowledge
Let’s encourage dissent and embrace an authentically liberal approach to scientific inquiry.
E-mails in Gaskell Case Show That Darwin Skeptics Need Not Apply to the University of Kentucky
So many emails, so little time: the direct evidence of discrimination and intolerance at University of Kentucky in the Martin Gaskell case.
University of Kentucky Pays $100,000+ to Settle Gaskell Discrimination Lawsuit
According to news articles, the University of Kentucky (UK) has settled the discrimination lawsuit filed against it by Martin Gaskell, an astronomer who was denied a job due to his perceived doubts about neo-Darwinian evolution. The case was scheduled to go to trial on February 8th, but today counsel for both sides filed a joint motion to dismiss the case pursuant to the settlement. According to the Associated Press: The university has agreed to pay $125,000 to Martin Gaskell in exchange for Gaskell dropping a federal religious discrimination suit. Gaskell claimed he was passed over to be director of UK’s MacAdam Student Observatory in 2007 because of his religion and statements that were perceived to be critical of evolution. Court Read More ›
Evidence of Discrimination Against Martin Gaskell Due to His Views on Evolution
In the prior post, we saw that Martin Gaskell’s actual position on origins is probably closest to a theistic evolution position (he accepts common ancestry), with an openness to the possibility of intelligent design (ID). However, because his online notes from a talk expressed skepticism towards biological and chemical evolution, the faculty on a search committee who were considering him for a job at the University of Kentucky (UK) called him a “creationist” and denied him a job at the university. Because UK believed (wrongly) he was a “creationist” and discriminated against him on that basis, Gaskell has since filed a lawsuit against UK alleging religious discrimination. He is represented by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). After Read More ›