Quote:Here is a quote from the WSJ; "Darwinism, by contrast, is an essential ingredient in secularism, that aggressive, quasi-religious faith without a deity. The Sternberg case seems, in many ways, an instance of one religion persecuting a rival, demanding loyalty from anyone who enters one of its churches--like the National Museum of Natural History." The Branding of a Heretic -- DAVID KLINGHOFFER
Klinghoffer is saying what I'm saying. Sternberg violated the trust of the dogmatics of Evolutionary Science (which he actually believes in) and paid the price.
The Office of the Special Counsel produced no official findings in that case; it was eventually dropped.
That quote is from the WSJ opinion section. Also, Klinghoffer is hardly an unbiased observer. He's a fellow at the Discovery Institute, a pro-Intelligent Design PR house. He's not bringing anything but the party line to the table.
Sternberg got tricky to slip a poor, but pro-ID paper into a reputable publication. He got called on it, and his colleagues were pretty mad. The Discovery Institute is trying to make him into a martyr in a nonexistent cause.
Edit: I did a little poking about and it seems Sternberg was associated with a creationist group since at least 2001. He didn't start yelling about a hostile work environment until after the Meyer paper foulup. The correlation would seem to indicate any animosity was linked to the actions of Sternberg, not his beliefs.