Former state science director sues over intelligent design e-mail


	Former state science director sues over intelligent design e-mail

tabsey

7-3-2008 11:40 AM

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7-3-2008 1:41 PM

righthand

More of that perverted logic. You could not make this up.

I had to double check to ensure it wasn't 'the Onion'.

7-3-2008 2:47 PM

AtlLiberal

I'm curious if the same outcome would have resulted if the email contained information about a pro Christian lecture?

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