A computer specialist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design.
And later on the truth actuallly emerges:
In an emailed statement, JPL dismissed Coppedge's claims. In court papers, lawyers for the California Institute of Technology, which manages JPL for NASA, said Coppedge received a written warning because his co-workers complained of harassment.
They also said Coppedge lost his team lead status because of ongoing conflicts with others.
Read between the lines. Harassment, in all forms, not recognising that your attentions are unwelcome and people are sick to death of hearing you go on about the same thing. It's hard enough having to deal with Marc here, if I had to listen to ID crap at work where I couldn't take a break I'd go insane. And complain if they didn't shut up and leave me alone.
Oh and to confirm his pain in the @@@@ism it also says this:
Coppedge's attorney, William Becker, contends his client was singled out by his bosses because they perceived his belief in intelligent design to be religious. Coppedge had a reputation around JPL as an evangelical Christian, and interactions with co-workers led some to label him as a Christian conservative, Becker said.
In the lawsuit, Coppedge says he believes other things also led to his demotion, including his support for a state ballot measure that sought to define marriage as limited to heterosexual couples and his request to rename the annual holiday party a Christmas party.
Bringing religious politics into the workplace? Wishing to impose his particular sets of beliefs?
GrumpyBob wrote: The case is really about a long history of disruptive behaviour by the employee (according to JPL), the ID issue is only part of it. I believe the DiscoTute are egging this on and the Coppedge's lawyer (who has ties to DI) is trying to make it a single issue thing around ID victimisation.
Now that is surprising ha ha.
