Florida is set out to squash "leftist totalitarianism" by introducing a
bill that allows students to sue professors in universities for
"not respecting the beliefs of the students".
To quote:
According to a legislative staff analysis of the bill, the law
would give students who think their beliefs are not being respected
legal standing to sue professors and universities.
Students who believe their professor is singling them out for
“public ridicule” – for instance, when professors use the
Socratic method to force students to explain their theories in class
– would also be given the right to sue.
"Some professors say, 'Evolution is a fact. I don’t want to
hear about Intelligent Design (a creationist theory), and if you
don’t like it, there's the door,'" Baxley said, citing one
example when he thought a student should sue.
Rep. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, warned of lawsuits from students
enrolled in Holocaust history courses who believe the Holocaust never
happened.
Similar suits could be filed by students who don’t believe
astronauts landed on the moon, who believe teaching birth control is a
sin or even by Shands medical students who refuse to perform blood
transfusions and believe prayer is the only way to heal the body,
Gelber added.
Hooray. We know all what happened in Russia
when ideology became more important than facts... And what will
happen when lawyers start running the universities? Not that they do
already, but at the moment they've not been messing with curriculums.
Here's a direct link to the bill text.
The bill is quite interesting, as it really does not sound very bad.
In fact, principles and ideas embodied in it do sound very grand and
liberal! However, what it really says is that students have a right
to hear what they want, and should someone infringe on that, they
could be sued. Since the bill does not define what is
"controversial material", or "serious scholarly
viewpoints", it becomes very difficult to determine what has to
be included in the curriculum and what not - simply because
seriousness and controversy are based on personal opinions.
American Christian Jailed For His Beliefs01/01/2005 10:53 AM Marine Refuses to Use Guns
... Marine Cpl. Joel D. Klimkewicz converted to the Church of
Jesus Christ and Latter Day saints while in the Marines, and now
believes that killing is against Jesus' teachings. As such, he
refused to train with a gun though he says he would be willing to
clear mines and work the front lines. The result is that the military
has jailed him for his religious beliefs, convicting him of disobeying
a direct order. Anyone think that Bill O'Reilly is going to say the
military is trying to destroy Christianity?
FOXNews.com - Politics - Conservative Beliefs Challenged by Schiavo
FOXNews.com - Politics - Conservative Beliefs Challenged by Schiavo03/23/2005 05:13 AM ** A Federal Judge Early Tuesday Morning Refused To Order The
Reinsertion Of Terri Schiavo's Feeding Tube, Leaving The Fate Of The
Severely Brain-Damaged Florida Woman Unresolved. ** ..
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Mormons open temple doors to share beliefs (USATODAY.com)
Mormons open temple doors to share beliefs (USATODAY.com)04/27/2004 05:58 AM USATODAY.com - One of the hottest tickets in New York right now is
just off Broadway: a tour of a new Mormon temple. It's a rare glimpse
of the architecture of a unique, often-misunderstood religion, a sense
of the sacred expressed in light and mirrors and enveloping silence.
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