I can almost guarantee you guys that he sided with her and said something like, " Great job on putting your faith first, and your career second. You did the right thing my child. Speaking of children, you wouldn't happen to have any young boys, would you?"
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-