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U of Ill. Instructor Fired Over His Catholic Beliefs
Publius Forum ^ | 07/10/10 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 07/10/2010 6:36:33 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

A University of Illinois instructor of the school's Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought course was fired at the end of last semester because he had the temerity to send a student an email that explained the Catholic doctrine against homosexuality.

In the email, professor Ken Howell of Champaign wrote, "Natural Moral Law says that Morality must be a response to REALITY. In other words, sexual acts are only appropriate for people who are complementary, not the same."

The thought police at U of I decided that no teacher that taught Catholic theory had better EVER be a real Catholic that actually holds Catholic beliefs. Why, it would be unseemly, don't you know?

The anti-intellectual student went whining to school authorities after he was made to see an opinion with which he does not agree from a class about religion. One wonders why this mentally retarded student was even taking the class?...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: education; freespeech; illinois; religion
When did we lose America? Worse, when did we raise kids so weak that they can't stand to hear an opinion they disagree with?
1 posted on 07/10/2010 6:36:35 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

We need to take back our universities.


2 posted on 07/10/2010 6:49:28 AM PDT by Dead Dog (Hope is Dope)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

When did we raise children so weak?

~When they are taught that excellence is not fair. Everyone is just as good as everyone else.

~When doing your least is just good enough.

~When telling children their thoughts and opinions are just as valid as adults with greater experience.

~When people with good character and firm beliefs are ridiculed as “fundamentalists.”

I can go on and on, but the biggest problem is that no one tells these children that other people have rights and beliefs that you may disagree with, but even if you are offended by those things, you do not have the right to ban them.

The politically correct culture we live in today is nothing more than censorship writ large and enforced by the government.

A catholic who cannot teach the tenets of the Catholic Church without being fired for it has just encountered a system as rigorously communistic as the Chinese Communists.

Will we have to go underground as the Underground Catholic Church in China? They are truly operating in catacombs.


3 posted on 07/10/2010 6:51:46 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Dead Dog

Are you willing to take a professorial job at a university?


4 posted on 07/10/2010 6:57:43 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Mobile Vulgus

The GayKK strikes again.


5 posted on 07/10/2010 7:15:56 AM PDT by reg45
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To: Mobile Vulgus

He wasn’t fired for telling the truth. It was for shouting at the student in all caps. Can’t have that. /sarc

As far as their hiring a non-Catholic replacement, don’t assume for a moment that this hasn’t crossed their petty little minds.

It reminds me of the BBC comedy show episode of Yes, Prime Minister, entitled “The Bishop’s Gambit”, which is available on YouTube.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bishop’s_Gambit

(part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzpU6SAi4vo
(part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZIakf5f068
(part 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5h58AF_MW8


6 posted on 07/10/2010 8:06:30 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: I am Richard Brandon
Yes, probably later in my career. However, I'm thinking more of winning state elections and getting conservatives appointed to the controlling boards.
7 posted on 07/11/2010 8:26:27 AM PDT by Dead Dog (Hope is Dope)
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