As a religious liberal who enthusiastically embraces reality (and whose favorite college class of all time was Evolution 101/102/103 long ago), I have to savor the following:
This means two things: first, the question of whether or not the University of California can reject courses from the Christian schools under any circumstances has been settled in favor of UC. The judge ruled that UC has a compelling reason to pick and choose the “content” and “viewpoints” that they will accept as meeting their admissions requirements: ensuring that the students they accept are qualified. The Christian schools who filed the suit arenot entitled to an exemption from that requirement simply because they are religious extremists who fiercely reject reality as part of their faith
[emphasis Blogula Rasa’s]. Second, the issue of whether or not UC was correct in rejecting the specific courses and textbooks in question will most likely go to trial. The Christian schools asked the judge to rule in their favor on that issue, while UC claimed that the issue involved enough of a dispute about the facts to require a full trial. Here, too, the judge ruled in favor of UC.
Shiny well-reasoned science goodness smacks down dull, hysterically babbled anti-intellectual creationist badness, mmm-yummy.
Via One Utah.