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...years, Congress has wisely limited government support to organizations that do not have obvious religious bias. But recently, Bush issued an executive order, practically circumventing Congress, to allow these groups to receive taxpayer money. By issuing that executive order and giving federal funding to faith-based programs, the President has practically endorsed the religious agendas of these initiatives...
...political-science professor at Metropolitan State College in Denver, grew more and more worried about saying the wrong thing as his students debated contentious issues like George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative and the teaching of creationism in schools. Earlier in the year, students had filed bias complaints against a colleague who had criticized Republicans. "I'm thinking 'My God, we don't want to go there,'" he recalls. Yet at the same time, in the spirit of dialogue, he did want to. So he wrote a bill intended as a professorial-insurance policy, protecting...
That legislative activism has drawn praise from conservatives (who see Churchill as the kind of lefty loony who typifies the bias of American academia) and scorn from liberals (who view the efforts as an attack on academic freedom). It's indicative of a broader trend of lawmakers' chipping away at the traditional insularity of the ivory tower, claiming that universities are out of touch with their communities and spending tax dollars irresponsibly. But are legislators the right people to be setting the boundaries for civil--and free--discourse on the campuses of public colleges and universities...
Minnesota lawmakers last week became the latest to rally to the cause of conservative activist David Horowitz, whose Academic Bill of Rights is meant to rescue students from what the legislators perceive as rampant liberal bias. Over the past two months, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Rhode Island and Tennessee have also started considering bills that would codify Horowitz's ideas by, say, not allowing students to be punished with a bad grade for their views. Georgia's senate passed a similar nonbinding resolution last year, while Colorado's version was withdrawn after state-university administrators signed a pledge to ensure that...
...Still, fathers' groups are worried about the centers' being staffed by female-dominated outfits like Relationships Australia and Centacare, which are already active in the system as providers under the Family Relationships Services Program. There's anecdotal evidence that some of these counselors are biased against men, according to Lone Fathers Association national president Barry Williams, who says he's warned the Attorney-General that the government's reforms will flop unless fresh blood infiltrates the counseling ranks. Though it would be unfair to suggest that most of these counselors mistrust and dislike men, argues Michael Green, QC, president...