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Former JPL employee claims he was fired for doubting Darwin

The Pasadena Star-News reports that David Coppede,who was laid off last week plans to add retaliation charges - and a possible free speech violation claim - to a pending discrimination suit against his former employer, an attorney said Wednesday.

David Coppedge, a specialist and systems administrator who worked on NASA's Cassini mission at the Laboratory since 1997, was terminated on Jan. 24.

A well-known figure among proponents of "intelligent design" - the proto-scientific strain of creationism that attributes life and the universe to the hand of an intelligent being - Coppedge writes the blog "Creation-Evolution Headlines."

He filed suit with the Los Angeles Superior in April of last year, claiming he was demoted at JPL for propagating his beliefs at work, citing protection under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

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