Its latest mission is defending itself in a workplace lawsuit filed by a
former computer specialist who claims he was demoted - and then let go -
for promoting his views on intelligent design, the belief that a higher
power must have had a hand in creation because life is too complex to
have developed through evolution alone.
David Coppedge, who worked as a "team lead" on the Cassini mission
exploring Saturn and its many moons, alleges that he was discriminated
against because he engaged his co-workers in conversations about
intelligent design and handed out DVDs on the idea while at work.
Coppedge lost his "team lead" title in 2009 and was let go last year
after 15 years on the mission.
"It's part of a pattern. There is basically a war on anyone who dissents
from Darwin and we've seen that for several years," said John West,
associate director of Center for Science and Culture at the
Seattle-based Discovery Institute. "This is free speech, freedom of
conscience 101."
The National Center for Science Education, which rejects intelligent
design as thinly veiled creationism, is also watching the case and has
posted all the legal filings on its website.
http://news.yahoo.com/suit-nasa-specialist-axed-over-intelligent-design-202233838.html
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