2005-06-17 Prof. Tim Shortell busted for online atheism

2005-06-17 Lindsay Beyerstein Majikthise blog \anti-atheism\Tim Shortell\Brooklyn College http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2005/06/prof_tim_shorte.html Prof. Tim Shortell busted for online atheism &ldquo;Tim Shortell's colleagues elected him chair of the Brooklyn College sociology department. Shortly thereafter... Brooklyn [College] released a two-sentence statement saying that "Professor Timothy Shortell declined the election" as chair and that the college's president "will be consulting with the department and appropriate members of the administration regarding the future leadership of the department." [ Inside Higher Ed, June 8. ] .. Shortell was forced to decline his appointment because of an (apparently unsigned and undated) atheist polemic he posted on a private website...&rdquo;   