NYT: Teacher Says Board Effort on Evolution Was Resisted

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/national/28evolution.html

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The conflict in Dover grew so heated that in public meetings board members called opponents "atheists," threatened to fire the science teachers and invoked Jesus' crucifixion as a reason to change the curriculum, two witnesses testified on Tuesday.

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So it's acceptable to use "atheist" as an derogatory slur? What an uproar there would be if the subject had been homosexuality and the board member flung "Homo" at someone who supported teaching kids about diverse families regardless of the fact of the person's sexuality. But let "atheist" be used in the same manor and not a peep of disapproval.