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Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez featured in Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Documentary film in theaters now, exposes Darwinist censorship Click here to find a theater near
you! Underscores Darwinist worldview’s intolerance
of dissent and suppression of evidence for Intelligent
Design www.FreeGonzalez.com website launched to raise research funds A
group of Iowa State University alumni with strong Minnesota
connections — upset by the recent denial of tenure to former ISU
assistant professor Guillermo Gonzalez, and the unresponsiveness of
ISU administrators to their objections — are taking matters into
their own hands.
“As
alumni of ISU, we are appalled that the current Iowa State
administration would stoop to expelling a brilliant young scientist
and gifted instructor from the classroom, not for teaching about
intelligent design or even mentioning it in his classroom, but for
simply committing the thought crime of advocating it as science,”
said ISU alumnus David Eaton, who is also a member of the Minnesota
Family Council board of directors. According
to the ISU Alumni Association, the Twin Cities has one of the
largest concentrations of ISU alumi in the U.S. with over 9,000 ISU
graduates. The
FreeGonzalez organization is led by approximately 25 ISU alumni,
including business executives in Minnesota and
Iowa. After
reviewing evidence showing that Gonzalez’s tenure denial was based
on his personal convictions rather than on his record as a
professor, a group of concerned ISU alumni met at the ISU Memorial
Union during Dr. Gonzalez’s tenure appeal. As the Iowa State
Board of Regents denied Dr. Gonzalez’s request to defend his
position in writing or in person as they reviewed his case, this
alumni group decided to take action on his behalf, forming FreeGonzalez.com in order to publicize Dr.
Gonzalez’s tenure situation and provide financial support for his
continuing research. “Academic
freedom is supposed to be the foundation of Iowa State University,
yet Dr. Gonzalez was denied tenure there because of his support for
intelligent design – a clear infringement of academic freedom,”
Eaton said. “Something is very wrong with the ISU
administration, and as committed ISU alumni we have the
responsibility to do what we can to fix it.” To
that end, FreeGonzalez.com has set up a fund to support Dr.
Gonzalez’s continuing research into the properties of stars with
planets and the Galactic Habitable Zone (GHZ), a concept he invented
which has been featured in Science and Nature and
featured on the cover of Scientific American. Eaton
said that the group intends to provide a higher level of funding
than what ISU was providing for this research. With
what amounts to Dr. Gonzalez’s termination by ISU this May, the fund
will help provide the resources he needs to keep his groundbreaking
research moving ahead. For
more information on the fund and how to support Dr. Guillermo
Gonzalez’ research, visit www.FreeGonzalez.com. For
more information on Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, and to
find a theater where it is showing locally, visit www.expelledthemovie.com. Click here to learn how The Truth
Project can equip you and your church to challenge Darwinist
intolerance with a biblical worldview.
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