Religion Roundup
Lawsuit Alleges Firing over Creationism Policy
The Associated Press
July 4, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas - A former science curriculum director for the Texas Education Agency has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was illegally fired for forwarding an e-mail about a speaker who was critical of teaching alternatives to the theory of evolution.
Christina Comer, who lost her job last year, says she was terminated for defying a policy that requires employees to be neutral on the subject of creationism -- the Biblical interpretation of the origin of human life.
Her e-mail, which was intercepted by a state education leader, was about a speaker coming to Austin who had views critical of creationism and the teaching of intelligent design.
Comer's lawsuit says the agency's neutrality policy unconstitutionally endorses religion.
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