Posted on 08/30/2013 8:59:51 PM PDT by massmike
A Columbia State Community College psychology professor did not infringe on students’ First Amendment rights or discriminate against religious beliefs when she asked her classes to wear gay pride ribbons as part of an assignment.
That was the conclusion of an in-house investigation into complaints about the classroom activities of Dr. Linda Brunton, who made the assignment for students to experience prejudice against gays and report on the experience.
“A thorough investigation of the allegations of first amendment issues and discrimination by Dr. Brunton in regard to her psychology assignment has been completed. The college is satisfied with the investigation which yielded that the ribbon assignment was not mandatory, that the student’s first amendment rights were not infringed, and that there was no evidence of discrimination based on religious beliefs,” the statement read. “Issues of clarity of the assignment, expectation, and advocacy of subject matter that is controversial but appropriate for the course content were identified as areas of consideration in lesson plan development and delivery.”
The investigation was made in response to a letter sent in June to CSCC President Janet Smith by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which described itself as an “alliance-building legal ministry that defends and advocates for free speech, religious freedom, and other fundamental rights.”
The group alleged that Brunton violated her students’ constitutional rights when she made the assignment during the spring 2012 semester in her General Psychology 1030 class.
(Excerpt) Read more at columbiadailyherald.com ...
Dr. Linda Brunton
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
AIDS Awareness and Education
Diversity Issues
http://www.columbiastate.edu/lbrunton/faculty/linda-brunton-instructor-information
Here is a thought. Ask if you can deface the prof’s car with spray painted anti-gay slogans and slash the tires. Just explain that you are trying to raise awareness of anti-homosexual bias on campus, just like a lesbian prof did out in California (Claremont?). See how she likes that.
“The college is satisfied with the investigation which yielded that the ribbon assignment was not mandatory...”
Ah huh. And of course, any student who objected based on personal beliefs wouldn’t have been singled out (unofficially , of course) in the class for a bit of quiet ostracism.
Let me guess, the young lemmings complied with the request?
Wouldn’t this have been a “straight rights enquiry?”
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