Professor claimed that he was beaten up by fundies.
It is a claim which needs to be proven
There is no evidence they were fundies

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KU Prof. Treated At Hospital After Beating
Mirecki: Attackers Mentioned Creationism Class

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The Douglas County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday
was investigating a case in which a professor whose planned course on
creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he derided
Christian conservatives said he was the victim of a roadside beating.

University of Kansas religious studies professor Paul Mirecki was
treated at a hospital and released Monday.
Tuesday, Mirecki told KMBC by phone that he's finished talking to
reporters. He said, "It's gotten out of hand with the media. Sorry,
gotta go," and then hung up, KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported.

He did tell the Lawrence Journal-World for a story Tuesday that two
men who beat him were making references to the class that was to be
offered for the first time this spring. Originally called "Special
Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other
Religious Mythologies," the course was canceled last week at Mirecki's
request.

The class was added after the Kansas Board of Education decided to
include more criticism of evolution in science standards for
elementary and secondary students.

Lt. Kari Wempe, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, said Tuesday
that the investigation continued and no arrests had been made. She
said Mirecki reported he was attacked around 6:40 a.m. Monday on a
rural road south of Lawrence.

"At this point, it's under investigation. It's a reported crime and
we're obligated to investigate it," Wempe said.

Mirecki told the Journal-World he was driving to breakfast when he
noticed the men tailgating him in a pickup truck.

"I didn't know them," Mirecki said, "but I'm sure they knew me."

A recent e-mail from Mirecki to members of a student organization
referred to religious conservatives as "fundies" and said a course
describing intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in
their big fat face." Mirecki has apologized for those comments.

"I just pulled over hoping they would pass, and then they pulled up
real close behind," he said. "They got out, and I made the mistake of
getting out."

He said the men beat him on the head, shoulders and back with their
fists, and possibly a metal object.

Wempe said Mirecki drove himself to the hospital after the attack.

Mirecki told the student newspaper, The University Daily Kansan, that
he spent between three and four hours at the hospital. He said his
injuries included a broken tooth.

"I'm mostly shaken up, and I got some bruises and sore spots," he told
the Journal-World.

Wempe said Mirecki described the suspects as two white men between 30
and 40 years of age. One was described as wearing a red visor-like
ball cap and wool gloves. Mirecki said the men left in a large pickup
truck

Sen. Kay O'Connor, a Mirecki critic, said there is no excuse for
someone physically assaulting the professor - regardless of their
politics.

"I have zero tolerance for thugs," she said. "There is never an excuse
to behave in such a manner. This was just thugs. They used a flimsy
excuse, if they had one, to behave as thugs. They can talk about the
ID (intelligent design) course if they want to, but that's not an
excuse."


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