Flannery is Rolling Over in Her Grave

In the event that GC&SU 'makes the cut' and is asked to participate in the next stage, we would appreciate having anecdotal evidence of religious faith making civil, balanced, classroom discussions virtually impossible. Are there faculty who experience this? Would you agree that such attitudes are widespread at GC&SU or, to the contrary, fairly isolated?

Excerpt from a faculty memo at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia in hopes of obtaining a grant from the Ford Foundation to study the stifling effects of religion on academic dialogue. Notice the balanced question: Does religion stifle repeatedly or just a little? Do you beat your wife a lot of just a little?

For more analysis and a full copy of the memo, go here.