
A painting of Jesus Christ, upper left, hanging above an entrance to Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Ohio. (AP)
A painting of Jesus Christ, upper left, hanging above an entrance to Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Ohio. (AP)
Thousands of people have signed a petition urging officials at Ball State University to defend the academic freedom of an assistant professor of physics who introduced evidence of intelligent design to his students.
Eric Hedin has been targeted by the special-interest group Freedom from Religion Foundation, which claims his teachings should not be allowed at a public university.
The controversy erupted when FFRF objected to Hedin’s elective seminar called “The Boundaries of Science,” which according to the syllabus explores evidence of intelligent design in nature as well as the limits of scientific knowledge.
Roy Costner IV