Since everyone's been asking,
I'll relay what I know:
He called me on his way home to Houston and told me that it went great. He says they really presented their side well. One of the people overseeing the hearing said something like, "And we can avoid a lawsuit in the future by giving this guy his job back," or something to that effect. This implied that the organization was admitting that my friend had broken no policies and had done nothing wrong. He didn't have a decision when he was driving back, and I'd expect they'd have one by now, but I haven't heard from him. I'll post an update when I hear.
Wow. Adam really blew it.
I'll tell you WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE:
"...she also gave some to her husband, who was with her..."
But he didn't eat it. "No way, woman! God forbid us eating that."
And then when I heard the Lord walking in the garden, I said, "Are you looking for Eve? She ate the forbidden fruit! She ate the forbidden fruit.!"
And then the Lord punished Eve and cast her out of the garden.
Meanwhile, I stayed and gloated."
Lessons learned:
1. Anytime someone uses all caps and says, "WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE," you better believe that pride is in the air, and this guy will fall (into foolishness).
2. I acted as a terrible, terrible husband in this scenerio. To let go and let my wife get banished would not be love. That would be judgment, pride, and a bunch of evil things.
3. Jesus is referred to as "Second Adam" in the Scriptures. Most commentaries about this (1 Corinthians 15) talk about how death entered through the First Adam, and new life enters through the Second Adam. Another perspective on this can also be that Adam was a "type" or a fore-shadowing of Jesus the Messiah to come later. Adam was faced with a choice when he ate of the fruit. It is possible that he knew that Eve would be punished and, by eating too, would join her in this judgment and therefore stay one with her. Like Jesus, he knowingly took the punishment. Jesus purposefully took the sin (and therefore judgment of sin) upon Himself on behalf of His bride -- the church (the group of us who follow Jesus). It is possible that this name, Second Adam, has that kind of significance.