>Rather, I think the critical question would be "How the heck did this
>person get hired in the first place?" not why does he work there.

Oh, that's quite simple. He's a well-educated, highly qualified professor of Earth literature of the 19th through 22nd centuries. His religious beliefs don't enter into it - the Earth Alliance still pays lip service to the United Federation of Planets ideal of religious freedom for all, so it wasn't permitted to be a criterion in the decision of whether to offer him the position. He's a solid, well-trained, well-regarded educator. The incident involving R. Dorothy was tactless, but it was neither illegal nor in violation of the letter of the school charter. Dorothy isn't a citizen of anyplace. She isn't even a sentient being. She's present in her classes only by the individual sufferance of the instructors, and that particular instructor chose not to suffer her. He should have handled it more gracefully, but it's hardly a matter for discipline.

If she were Turing-certified, that would be another matter; but then, the Institute did encourage her to go that route before enrolling, and had to be convinced to let her do it the other way round...

--G.
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