[PatrickHenry]

I've read the bill. It's obviously subject to revision, but right now it's just a general statement about academic freedom. Nothing specificially about evolution or creationism. Anyone can spin anyting, of course, so I can easily imagine some wild-eyed UFO nut disrupting a class and then -- when he's tossed out -- howling about how his "rights" have been infringed.

For example, a young-earth creationist, or a follower of any other pseudo-science, might make something of this:

(6) Faculty and instructors have a right to academic freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects, but they should make their students aware of serious scholarly viewpoints other than their own and should encourage intellectual honesty, civil debate, and critical analysis of ideas in the pursuit of knowledge and truth.

[MacDorcha]

It's scary, but you and I agree alot more than I think we'd like to admit.

I'm here for the discussion aspect (totally forgot about the bill, lol) But having mulled over the thread and the Bill itself, I agree with you.

This is nothing to be terribly alarmed about. Just old rivals sticking it to each other at the whims of the press.

This article is that kid who stands near a fight saying "Oh, you gonna take that?"

[js1138]

So the wiccan students could sue for equal time. And the Muslims.