Associated Press - University of Kentucky Settles Suit With Astronomy Professor

by Associated Press
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.An astronomy professor who sued the University of Kentucky after claiming he lost out on a top job because of his Christian beliefs reached a settlement Tuesday with the school.
 
The university agreed to pay $ 125,000 to Martin Gaskell in exchange for dropping a federal religious discrimination suit he filed in Lexington in 2009. A trial was set for next month. . . .

. . . . Mr. Gaskell referred questions from a reporter Tuesday to Mr. Manion, a Kentucky lawyer with the American Center for Law & Justice, which focuses on religious freedom cases.
 
Mr. Manion said documents and email communications turned over by UK in the case showed strong evidence of religious bias, including a professor who surmised that Mr. Gaskell was potentially evangelical.
 
The fact that somebody could say that without realizing the implications, speaks volumes, Mr. Manion said. Because all you have to do is substitute any other labelpotentially Jewish, potentially Muslim. Nobody would say that.
 
Mr. Gaskell is currently working as a research fellow in the astronomy department at the University of Texas.

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