I have never taken Genesis as anything but allegory. I don't know where you got that idea about the literal reading. You misattribute that to me.
It doesn't fit, it is offensive. Even if it were correct many things that might be correct are not necessarily civil, such as the above article title, which is definitely not civil, and NCR is supposed to set the tone for civility. The accuracy of a statement does not guarantee that it is civil, et vice versa. A man with a disfigurement we don't call "scarface",  we don't call short scrawny men "runts", or people in wheelchairs "cripples", or people without mental abilities "reta*ds". I don't agree with the author that the church has a "slimy underbelly" when it comes to women. It is an offensive expression, and people have been censored on NCR for less offensive expressions. I don't see how they can censor anyone now after letting this offensive title stand.