I take a little issue with your point that when Creationists ran the schools that Evolution was excluded. Evolution was included in my own public school education which took place not so long after Darwin proposed it. Contrary to popular belief, Christians have traditionally made waves when others disparage their religion. After all, it is the religion that teaches us to "love our enemies." That may change if the attacks keep coming. The Crusades were not about power, they were about defending the faith from extinction.
Correction: Christians has NOT traditionally made waves...
And your still spry enough to post. Amazingly well preserved you are.
Tenure has always been an inherently political process. If you want tenure you don't use your position and title to promote controversial positions unsupported by any science. Even if your position is supported by hard data (unlike ID) you tread lightly. That's life in universities everywhere. I'm surprised this prof didn't learn that in dealing with his PhD committee.
Everybody knows that it's after a prof gets tenure that (s)he tends to truly go off the rails.