Reply #127: Charlie Savage: Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school.

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UNBELIEVABLE: Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school. ASHCROFT changed hire rules.
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Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school
Grads influential in Justice Dept.

By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 8, 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/20... /

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The title of the course was Constitutional Law, but the subject was sin. Before any casebooks were opened, a student led his classmates in a 10-minute devotional talk, completed with "amens," about the need to preserve their Christian values.

"Sin is so appealing because it's easy and because it's fun," the law student warned.

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And across the political blogosphere, critics have held up Goodling, who declined to be interviewed, as a prime example of the Bush administration subordinating ability to politics in hiring decisions.