Community college professor allegedly tells students: support gay rights or else

dailycaller.com ^ | 6-19-2013 | Eric Owens

[servo1969]

A professor at a community college in Tennessee allegedly ordered students in her general psychology class to wear “Rainbow Coalition” ribbons for an entire day to advertise support for the advancement of gay and lesbian political causes.

The professor, Linda Brunton, informed her students at Columbia State Community College that opponents of gay marriage are “uneducated bigots” who “attack homosexuals with hate,” reports Fox News Radio.

Travis Barham, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal organization, has sent a letter to Columbia State’s president on behalf of several students in Brunton’s class.

The letter seeks an apology to those students because, Barham claims, Brunton violated their First Amendment rights by forcing them to promote a specific political agenda. The letter also calls for the two-year community college to punish Brunton.

Alliance Defending Freedom claims that Brunton instructed students to write a paper describing how they suffered discrimination because they support gay rights. The professor allegedly told students who objected because of their religious convictions that their personal opinions didn’t matter.

“When students objected to how she was pushing her personal views on the class, she explained that it is her job ‘to educate the ignorant and uneducated elements of society,’” Barham told Fox News.

The professor reportedly prohibited any discussion of the morality of homosexuality, rejecting such lines of reasoning as “throwing Bible verses.”

“Dr. Brunton essentially turned her general psychology class into a semester-long clinic on the demands of the homosexual movement,” Barham added.

A representative from Columbia State heard about the kerfuffle from Fox News and promised to find out more. Brunton has not yet commented.

Brunton holds two degrees from Eastern Kentucky University and a doctor of education from Tennessee State University. She is a member of the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Educators Network.

The directional university alumna lists AIDS awareness and education as well as diversity issues among her professional interests.

Brunton’s other interests include “vacationing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico!” and “swimming with wild dolphins!” (The exclamation points are Brunton’s, not The Daily Caller’s!)

The alleged incident is reasonably similar to an incident involving a math professor at Brevard Community College in Florida who forced her students to sign pledges that they would vote for President Barack Obama last November. The school’s president eventually recommended that the professor, Sharon Sweet, be sacked.

[servo1969]

Hmm...

Let's see here...

http://www.columbiastate.edu/aboutus

"Columbia State is a two-year college, serving a nine-county area in southern Middle Tennessee with locations in Columbia, Franklin, Lawrenceburg, Lewisburg and Clifton. As Tennessee’s first community college, Columbia State is committed to increasing access and enhancing diversity at all five campuses. Columbia State is a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the sixth largest higher education system in the nation. Feel free to browse ColumbiaState.edu for more information."

Ahh, now we're getting somewhere...

http://www.columbiastate.edu/psychology

"Welcome.
The Psychology Department at Columbia State is dedicated to providing all learners with a quality education in the psychological sciences. If learners have questions about the psychology program at Columbia State, please contact Dr. Linda Brunton, Lead Faculty for the Psychology Department, or feel free to contact any of the psychology faculty members."

Jackpot!

http://www.columbiastate.edu/lbrunton

Professor of Psychology

Office: Clement 121
Phone: 931-540-2759
Email: lbrunton@columbiastate.edu

http://www.columbiastate.edu/lbrunton/faculty/linda-brunton-instructor-information

Dr. Linda Brunton
Professor of Psychology

Education

B.S. Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University
M.A. Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University
Ed.D. Psychology, Tennessee State University

Professional Organizations:

American Psychological Association
Nashville Area Association
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Educators Network (GLSEN)
Board Member of Columbia CARES

Professional Publications

Zentall, Sydney S.; Falkenberg, Stephen D.; & Smith, Linda B. (1985). Effects of color stimulation and information on the copying performance of attention-problem adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 13, 501-511.

Professional Interests

AIDS Awareness and Education
Diversity Issues

Other Interests

Vacationing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico!
Movies, creating art, and swimming with wild dolphins!

I guess she forgot to add "and violating people's rights!" along with a little smiley face.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It is the deviants who are the bullies.

[Travis McGee]

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Vacationing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

She likes to vacation in Mexico? Well she won't have a very long life.

[NEMDF]

Any suggestions as to what we should say to her or the college, if we wish to send emails?

[txrefugee]

When even community colleges are now hiring perverts with mental illness who are recruiting in their classes, you know Satan is loose.

[Resolute Conservative]

I swear college in the late 70’s - 80’s was boring. All there was to do was classes and chase girls. I never had one professor try and force me to do anything or voice any opinion at all other than my political science prof and that was his job (albeit he was a lib and when Reagan got elected he was not happy).

[MrB]

Daniel 3
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

*

[ecomcon]

A psychologist who encourages mental illness.

Soon they will define us as mentally ill.

[servo1969]

#5

Here’s a comment from the site that might help:

anonymous_economist -

“Check out the district Chancellor, the college President, the Board of Trustees and the Dean of the Social Science department and you’ll get your answer as to why her job is pretty secure, regardless of preferential hiring status, tenure or what. All this information should be on-line in the college catalogue.

Read the description of the class in the catalogue to see if there is a specific performance problem that the instructor is in violation of. If so, the instructor cannot claim academic freedom as protection. The students can go to a local court and get a “decree of specific performance” themselves and the court will order the instructor and the college to teach the course as described in the catalog.”

[Da Coyote]

I eagerly await 1) the lawsuit, and 2) the students telling this ignorant sl*t to shove her ignorance up her very smelly Obama.

Folks, take actions to get rid of these jerks.

Harass them, show them to be the ill-educated couldn’t hold real job muffins that they really are.

Use Alinsky techniques on them for a change.

Make their life h*ll.

Do it.

Now.

[HangnJudge]

Life is not Fair
Fairness, in this World is an Illusion

Love thy Neighbor as Thyself however
is the Second Great Command

If She asked the Students to the
complexity of the above statement,
She actually might get some insightful answers,
as well as perhaps learn a little Herself

[camle]

i had a teacher like this in one class. i filed a complaint based upon professional ethics. found out that i wasn’t alone, and she was reprimanded, and suspended for a year.

when i pay $500/credit, the last thing i’m interested in is the political bias of the instructor

[Da Coyote]

Oh, and I just realized that the ignorant sl*t has a docterate in “eddikation”.

Figures and fits.

She’s right in the intellectual “class” of Bill Ayers.

Again, don’t put up with it.

Shove it in their faces.

[manc]

intolerance and bigotry on display by the homostapo crowd yet again

[manc]

agree and correct me if I am wrong but in the first amendment it states freedom of religion meaning one can follow their religion without persecution.

Funny I have never seen a right under constitutional law so therefore she violated peoples constitutional right and free speech and therefore should be charged with a hate crime

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What's "constitutional law?"

:>|

[manc]

I had no clue if mine were married, what thye thought etc , now these people violate peoples constitutional rights and force their views onto us and sadly some have to go along with this crap because they know the teacher what ever will grade their papers

[manc]

got a point there, the constitution to these people uis just an old piece of paper written by old racist men and is out of date.

Course they think that because like bozo the fairy said The constitution prohibits us from passing our agenda