While the present day definition of science excludes the supernatural, (or extra-natural, if you will) thereby rendering the person speaking as a scientist unqualified to speak on those subjects, the theists who believe in both the natural and supernatural are qualified to speak on both as they have not excluded the natural from their field of study.
Which led Tipler to ask Refereed Journals: Do They Insure Quality or Enforce Orthodoxy?
A quick Google on the response to both of the above linked items shows how toxic the atmosphere has become in America for "freedom of inquiry" in the sciences as Ben Stein called it.
Seems to me that all conservatives would agree that freedom of inquiry, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion are crucial to our way of life.