[AndrewC]

Then I hereby abandon thread! Let those who stay celebrate with their soul-mate:

Hmmm. Had a change of heart after you brought it up on another thread? Well, I think you are wise to do so.

[Mamzelle]

"Abandon Thread" may be a new kind of "Virtual Ignore"--or, maybe, "Elvis Has Left The Room."

[Right Wing Professor]

This is definitely a minor local victory for the yokel element in Kansas politics. It's a major disaster of the state of Kansas. Whatever Mirecki's transgressions, he is now in the world of academia an academic who was forced to drop a course, then beaten up, then forced into resignation by a mob of religious fundamentalists. That will be the inevitable spin, and it's close enough to the truth to be credible. Good luck relocating a scientist to Kansas. Good luck hiring a secular academic.

And since Nebraska competes with Kansas for students and faculty, yeee-haw! Come to Nebraska. We won't beat you up if you don't go to Church!