Ben Stein, Intelligent Design Advocate, to Speak at Liberty University Commencement,...

Ben Stein, Intelligent Design Advocate, to Speak at Liberty University
Commencement, Says Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr.

LYNCHBURG, Va., April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Liberty University's Class
of 2009 will be ushered into life after graduation with words of wisdom by Ben
Stein.

"Stein has served as a college professor, attorney, author, speechwriter, and
even an actor, but the most compelling reason for Liberty University's choice
this year is this man's work in exposing the evils and dangers of Darwinism
through the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," Falwell said in a
Monday morning address to the student body. "This year is the 200th
anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and a fitting time to have Ben
Stein bring the Liberty University commencement address."

Stein co-wrote and stars in Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a film arguing
that the theory of evolution is partially responsible for the eugenics
movement, the rise of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. It also portrays
advocates of intelligent design as victims of religious discrimination by the
scientific community.

Earlier this year Stein was tentatively scheduled to deliver the Commencement
address at the University of Vermont. The invitation caused such a furor
because of Stein's Intelligent Design advocacy that after pressure from
faculty and administrators Stein "graciously declined" his invitation to
deliver the address.

"Stein has also been a champion of the pro-life movement," Falwell said, "but
his work as the nation's most prominent advocate for bringing integrity and
academic freedom back to the American scientific community has been
legendary."

The Liberty University Commencement will be on May 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m.,
in the Arthur L. Williams Football Stadium on the Liberty University campus.

SOURCE Liberty University

Johnnie Moore of Liberty University, +1-434-582-2250, jrmoore@liberty.edu