[Nebullis]

Having said this, the recommendation should not ever comment on anything except whether the student mastered the course material and avoided committing any obvious felonies.

That's what grades are for. Recommendations go beyond that or they would be of no use whatsoever.

[js1138]

That's what grades are for. Recommendations go beyond that or they would be of no use whatsoever.

That's why students go to professors they get along with. Same in working life. Not everyone is going to see you as your true, charming self.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Even in the science field this would be bigoted. There is lots of biology which can be done well by non-evolutionary-originists. Yes it goes beyond grades; it speaks to such ungraded variables as creativity (ahem) of work and honesty of character. But personal belief in evolutionary origins does not belong there. The professor can be frank and recommend the student in the areas where he agrees (which will be 99% of practical biological science) and save his "unqualified" for those who toe the Darwin line, if he wishes.