Texas creationists want to give master's degrees- in Science!

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Robert Wilonsky in News You Can Actually Use, Actually, Religion and Other Assorted Blasphemies
Friday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 1:45PM

A Friend of Unfair Park wondered earlier this week what had become of the Institute for Creation Research's federal lawsuit filed in April against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in which the Dallas-based organization claimed the THECB violated its constitutional rights when it refused to grant the ICR's request to dole out master's degrees in science. Well, turns out, quite a bit's happened -- including the filing of a similar suit in Travis County, which has since been moved to federal court in Austin. And the whole shebang now has its own page on the National Center for Science Education's Web site, which has collected some of the more pertinent legal docs filed in recent weeks.

But not included are two docs you'll find after the jump, including the ICR's motion for summary judgment filed in Dallas federal court three weeks ago and the defendants' response, filed only yesterday. In short: The ICR claims that since it doesn't take government money, the government doesn't have the right to tell it what kind of degrees it can hand out. Meanwhile, the THECB members member say District Judge Jane Boyle can't rule on the case yet because, look, they haven't even responded to the original complaint yet, come on.

more:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/07/local_creationists_texas_highe.php

[rpannier]

1. I think Atheists should start handing out degrees in Divinity and Theology

[comtec]

2. Sad thing is, the Atheist degree would probably be a better all around degree

and would probably strengthen one's faith because they could actually reason parts of it.
Acknowledging that your religion is an invention of man, but that it's based on what people perceived at the time can make one's faith stronger because they can accept and react to debate like a rational person, not a wild eyed zealot!

But that's my own 2 cents on it.

It might be interesting to go and get a degree there, as it would be pure bullshit, and easy to remember. Treat it as a course on fiction. nice and easy to read and remember, and having Z E R O correlation with reality!

AND ... you could then say you have a master's degree... just don't say where it's from LOL.

[madrchsod]

3. where would their master`s degree in science be accepted in the real world?

[Posteritatis]

4. Why, at fine fireplaces and toilet stalls across America. (nt)

[FiveGoodMen]

7. Throughout the US government

Judging by the last ten years or so.

[Lithos]

5. I remember when they tried to legislate the value of PI

Just making a law does not change the value of PI nor does it make anything they hand out science. There are already loony creationist colleges passing out fake paper, without accreditation none of them amount to more than a piece of paper.

On Edit: None of the "buy your own degree" spam emails I get take government money. By the logic of this lawsuit they would have equal validity to being legitimate science degrees.

L-

[trumanh59639]

6. Just unbelievable

But what can one expect from Texas, the state that gave us GWB.

[RagAss]

8. We live in the Age of the Cretin. Cry for our children !