Francis Collins will be stepping down from his role at the BioLogos Foundation, as part of the process of becoming the head of the NIH.
This is only a minimal step, however, and it really doesn't address any of my objections to the guy. The foundation and its web site will still be going on, and you know that once he finishes his tenure at NIH, he'll just step back into it. I'm more concerned about whether he'll be injecting religion into his politics on the job.
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