You piously insist that you do not think this professor should be prosecuted by the federal government, yet you gleefully pound your shoe on the table, insisting that this case is 100% analagous to racial discrimination.
I am not at all gleeful over what has happened here. It makes me very sad.
Though I would never - on fundamentalist Christian grounds, I Corinthians 6:1-8 - take a bigot to court, this student has a case. The Department of Justice doesn’t waste its time on silliness. I’m trying to get the people on this thread to understand that it is serious and cannot be dismissed with a simple hand wave.
The irony is that the scientists who post here would probably never write a webpage like Dini did laying out requirements that even mention a student’s “cherished beliefs” much less make a disavowal of the same a condition for recommendation to a publicly funded facility. But the more the scientists here aver that Dini was justified to discriminate against the student based on religion, the more apparent it becomes that the DOJ may need to intervene. Personally, I would rather the scientists discuss this amongst themselves here and at Texas Tech and come to grips with the law.
Since it suits you in this case, you use the arguments and rhetoric of Marxists to make your point, blithly ignoring the potential for damage applying the Establishment clause to a case like this may bring.
Again you accuse me of Marxist methods. I refer lurkers to to the official Marxist website. The Marxist doctrine is based on dialectical materialism. It is the polar opposite of God based beliefs.
Once again, referring to above Scripture, the Word does not support an earthly special class or favored treatment for Christians. And a little sidebar with the student’s pastor might go a long way to convince the kid that he would be in greater obedience to the Word by suffering the injustice than by trying to fix it.
Nevertheless, the kid – and a lawfirm – believe that unlawful discrimination has occurred and they are so intent upon prosecuting it, they have filed a complaint with the DOJ which also considers it serious enough to pursue. The government has a special interest to make sure that any publicly funded institution abides within the law. Whether or not you or like the law is completely beside the point.
Christianity is not just my ”pet interest group” - it is the first description of who I am.
The DOJ is compelled to investigate any complaint. Such an investigation doesn't turn a meritless complaint into the serious issue you are wishing for.