His departmental peers. Look at what they did to achieve tenure.
Would you care to hazard a guess as to what his departmental peers think about embryonic stem cell research? Or would you hazard a guess as to what the editors of publications connected to stem cell research think of the opinions of individuals like this man?
Do you think it might be possible that the embryonic stem cell research "community" might see views of those like Dr Sherley as a threat to the research grant "gravy train"?