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1. 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.
2. Coppedge lost his "team lead" title in 2009 and was let go last year after 15 years on the mission.
3. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 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...
4. ...[the idea that] life is too complex to have developed through evolution alone.
5. Opening statements are expected to begin today in Los Angeles Superior Court after two years of legal wrangling in a case that has generated interest among supporters of intelligent design.
6. "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."
Former NASA worker says he lost job over promotion of intelligent design
7. "Coppedge’s attorney, William Becker, says his client was singled out by his bosses because they perceived his belief in intelligent design to be religious."
SUIT: NASA SPECIALIST AXED OVER INTELLIGENT DESIGN | UTSanDiego.com
1. 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.
2. Coppedge lost his "team lead" title in 2009 and was let go last year after 15 years on the mission.
3. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 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...
4. ...[the idea that] life is too complex to have developed through evolution alone.
5. Opening statements are expected to begin today in Los Angeles Superior Court after two years of legal wrangling in a case that has generated interest among supporters of intelligent design.
6. "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."
Former NASA worker says he lost job over promotion of intelligent design
7. "Coppedge’s attorney, William Becker, says his client was singled out by his bosses because they perceived his belief in intelligent design to be religious."
SUIT: NASA SPECIALIST AXED OVER INTELLIGENT DESIGN | UTSanDiego.com