You take the remark out of context. Elsewhere I also said there are people who would discriminate against others just because of their religious beliefs. My point was that this isn't happening in the scientific world. The supposed examples of Expelled have all been shown to be whiners pulling the religion card.
Could you imagine the fallout if someone made that claim about a minority? Substitute *black* or *Hispanic* for *young earth* and *creationist* and see where it gets you.
That's not quite accurate. Would you hire someone if he sincerely believed the world was on the back of a turtle? Doesn't that tell you something about his ability for rational thought? It could logically contribute to a hiring decision because it could impact his ability to do the work. Would you hire a Marxist? That's another thing a person can choose to believe that could affect his work. These are things people choose to believe, not a skin color.
I do think this is a qualitatively different case from those covered in Expelled. It really amounts to a public university using complete acceptance of every contention of evolution, and complete rejection of even Catholic-style theistic evolution, as a litmus test for hiring in any area of science.
Moreover, it’s being applied selectively. I’ve known some quite distinguished physicists to express critical and often profoundly ignorant sentiments about some biological theories. The snottiness of some physicists about other fields is quite legendary.