Posted on 05/19/2010 2:59:28 PM PDT by reaganaut1
A St. Louis scientist who was among a select group picked by the Obama administration to pursue a solution to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been removed from the group because of writings on his website, the U.S. Energy Department confirmed Wednesday.
Washington University physics professor Jonathan Katz was one of five top scientists chosen by the Department of Energy and attended meetings in Houston last week.
Though considered a leading scientist, Katz's website postings often touch on social issues. Some of those writings have stirred anger in the past and include postings defending homophobia and questioning the value of racial diversity efforts.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu was not aware of Katz's writings before selecting him for the panel, spokeswoman Stephanie Mueller said. It was not immediately clear how the department became aware of the writings.
"Dr. Chu has spoken with dozens of scientists and engineers as part of his work to help find solutions to stop the oil spill," a statement from the Energy Department said. "Some of Professor Katz's controversial writings have become a distraction from the critical work of addressing the oil spill. Professor Katz will no longer be involved in the Department's efforts."
Katz did not respond to a phone message and e-mail seeking an interview. The extent of work he performed on the oil spill recovery effort was not immediately known.
In a website posting titled "In Defense of Homophobia," Katz wrote about the AIDS epidemic.
"The human body was not designed to share hypodermic needles, it was not designed to be promiscuous, and it was not designed to engage in homosexual acts," he wrote."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
That's a different Dr. Katz. :)
Elton John is too fat for a 21 inch diameter pipe.
Here's some of the offending stuff:
"The human body was not designed to share hypodermic needles, it was not designed to be promiscuous, and it was not designed to engage in homosexual acts," he wrote. "Engaging in such behavior is like riding a motorcycle on an icy road without a helmet. It may be possible to get away with it for a while, and a few misguided souls may get a thrill out of doing so, but sooner or later (probably sooner) the consequences will be catastrophic. Lethal diseases spread rapidly among people who do such things."
"The diversity movement is racist at its core," he writes. "When dealing with people we should be concerned with intellect, talent, character and accomplishment. People aren't dogs or cattle; race matters only to racists."
Not seeing the problem here, just a couple of reasonable points being made ...
The guy committed thoughtcrime! Heretic! Burn him at the stake!
Tolerate what we tell you to tolerate, not who we tolerate in practice....
Liberal thinking...
They would cut off their nose to spite a conservative plastic surgeon who was qualified.
You have spoken my thoughts! Thank you!
Kagan to the rescue...
Shes qualified...
Freedom of Speech in the US is on the way out.
Elena Kagan will spend the next 30 years chipping away at it.
More from Dr. Katz:
“I am a Homophobe, and Proud.” Katz spoke with us about the article in 2005: “I’m not a bigot. I come to a moral judgment. My moral judgment is that certain behavior is evil and immoral. Its immoral because it kills people,” said Katz.
Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2010/05/19/1261562/local-professor-dumped-by-white.html#ixzz0oTxr0aSE
It makes sense to me.
“...postings defending homophobia and questioning the value of racial diversity efforts....”
Gee, ain’t liberal tolerance great???
I hope when I grow up, I can be just as tolerant as they are....
Was that wrong? Was that mean? Harsh? Do I care?
Well, I’m glad to see they have their priorities in order!
</sarcasm>
“.. and a manly Republican (like Palin or Bachmann) ought to say so..”
Just noticed that!
Funny!
Isn't this the argument the Diversity Police are using when the Army discharges gays and lesbians who also have vital skills, like Mideast languages? But then, consistency and turnabout-is-fair-play have never been the lib's strong suits.
Good grief. The man just delivered a direct and personal insult against 99.375% of official Washington. Of course retaliation would be fast, and swift, and total.
That is why ENDA and indentity politics legislation is so dangerous. It gives the left even more power to take our most personal liberties away.
That’s very true.
However, I don’t think its the Liberals who are calling for discharging gays and lesbians from the military.
That looks to be about it.
Maybe 0b0z0 regarded Katz’s views as an insult to Larry Sinclair, and he told Chu about it.
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