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Monday, April 16, 2007

Pat Robertson's university scrubs information

Via Think Progress we see The Carpetbagger Report notices a little scrubbing by Pat Robertson's Regent University. Seems they're not so proud anymore of the graduates that have been installed in civil service positions, now that the traditional media has notice:
According to Google cache, as recently as April 12, Regent’s “facts” page included seven bullets noting graduates in various political positions, with the seventh noting, in all bold letters, “150 graduates serving in the Bush Administration.” As of yesterday, the same page is identical, except the seventh bullet has been deleted. Regent stopped bragging about staffing the administration almost immediately after someone from the secular media noticed.
Real universities aren't afraid for people to know where their graduates are working. That's just pathetic. The religious right's parallel universe of "institutions" always had a certain funhouse quality, probably because so many of them are simply churches (which are, after all, often respected institutions themselves) dressed up as other things.

The far religious right also does law schools, think tanks, marriage counseling, "sex addiction" counseling services, "pregnancy counseling," etc. But deep down they are all churches, so if they would just be honest and call them churches they would at least have truthfulness on their side. Then people can decide for themselves if they want "pregnancy counseling" from clergy or medical professionals, or both. Just sayin'.

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