Why was the guy being a jackass? Why do you think it better for him to not say anything and just quietly and methodically eliminate creationists after they have asked for a letter of recommendation? So he should have waited until the student took his class, got the "A," asked for a letter of recommendation, then turned him (the student) down without saying why?
It seems to me that Christians here on this so-called Conservative site are very happy with the idea that Christians should be a special, protected class, with unique privlidges and carte blanche to do what they will. Funny, but it is quite alright to give a small segment of the population unequal, special rights, so long as it is your own pet cause. Of course, you will be screaming bloody murder when it is used against you, and it will be.
If you would have followed the entire thread, and perhaps looked at my other comments, you woud have seen that I have stated a number of times that a recommendation is not owed to anyone for any reason. I don't care why you want to discriminate. I wouldn't write a recommendation for someone I didn't feel fit the criteria that I set.
However, the guy is a bigot, but that's not illegal, and if he would have kept his reasons to himself he wouldn't be in this mess. Just a simple observation, nothing more nothing less.
No, the man is not being a jackass, he is abusing his power. He has not been appointed God, he is just a teacher, there to teach students a subject. He is a very bad teacher because he is an ideologue atheist. He is a very bad scientist because he has a completely closed mind. As I have said before he does not belong in front of a class.