As reported earlier on this blog, Christina Comer, the former Science Curriculum Director at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), has sued her former employer for illegal termination. Comer was forced to resign under the threat of being fired. The action that triggered the resignation was the forwarding of an email about a speech by a critic of the anti-evolution movement. The suit is specifically intended to bring about change by challenging the constitutionality of the requirement that TEA employees must remain neutral on the topic of evolution vs. Creationism.

Dr. Steven Schafersman, president of Texas Citizens for Science has written a detailed analysis of the evidence in the case. Within that analysis, Schafersman directly rebuts the bogus notion that Comer's termination was not due to her opposition to Creationism, but instead due to a history of displinary problems.

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