ChristianPost.com - Christian Astronomer, University of Kentucky Reach Settlement

by Nathan Black. Christian Post Reporter

A Christian astronomer who sued the University of Kentucky over religious discrimination reached a settlement on Tuesday.

Professor Martin Gaskell claimed he was turned down for a top post Observatory Director after it was discovered that he was an evangelical Christian.

"The reaction of some of those involved in this hiring process to a scientist who dared to be open about his Christian faith is, unfortunately, fairly typical of academia generally," said Francis J. Manion, senior trial counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, who represented Gaskell.

"It is simply untenable to think that an avowed Christian, evangelical or otherwise, or any other scientist of religious faith, is somehow incapable or less capable of performing his or her job in science education, research, or outreach. Such a standard would eliminate from consideration some of the most celebrated names in the history of science, from Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Pascal, Pasteur, among many others, to contemporary scientists like Francis Collins, the head of the Human Genome Project and President Obama's choice to run the National Institutes for Health (NIH)."

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