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ACLU Say College Prof Teaches Religion and Anti-LGBT Views As Fact

By Howard M. Friedman

The ACLU of Northern California yesterday sent a demand letter (full text) to the president of Fresno City College complaining about a faculty member, Dr. Bradley Lopez, who teaches a health science class in which he presents religiously-based and anti-LGBT views as scientific fact. Yesterday's Fresno Bee and a press release from the ACLU describe aspects of Lopez's class. Lopez presented a slide describing homosexuality as a "biological misapplication of human sexuality" and said that the "recommended treatment" is "psychological counseling" or "hormone supplements." Lopez presented Biblical passages as "empirical" evidence that life begins at conception, and he asserted that the leading cause of death in the U.S. is abortion. Using a Biblical quote about the world ending in fire, Lopez said "that is the real global warming we should be worried about." Lopez assigned a homework question that involved constructing Jesus genetic makeup from Biblical references. The ACLU insists the College must make certain that its instruction does not inculcate religious doctrines and must give accurate and unbiased health science instruction.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).