NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Goes to Trial in Anti-ID Discrimination Case

Episode 515 November 25, 2011 00:16:25
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Goes to Trial in Anti-ID Discrimination Case
Intelligent Design the Future
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Goes to Trial in Anti-ID Discrimination Case

Nov 25 2011 | 00:16:25

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID The Future, host David Boze interviews Joshua Youngkin, a legal affairs analyst at Discovery Institute, about new developments in the case of David Coppedge, a former employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, who was demoted and later fired for discussing intelligent design. Youngkin provides background on Coppedge’s tenure at JPL and gives insight into the legal basis for the discrimination lawsuit that will now go before a jury trial. “This is a case that comes under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. It bars employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of their viewpoint…” Read More ›

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