Posted on 02/08/2015 2:21:27 PM PST by rightistight
Marquette University has begun the process to fire a tenured professor after he publicly said that students have the right to oppose gay marriage while in class, while also naming the professor who tried to ban it.
In a letter to Dr. John McAdams, Marquette informed the professor that the "University is commencing the process to revoke your tenure and to dismiss you from the faculty.
Marquette is taking this action after Dr. McAdams became aware that another professor, Cheryl Abbate, had banned a student from opposing gay marriage in her classroom. Parts of the incident were recorded secretly by the student.
Abbate equated being against gay marriage to being "racist" and "sexist." When the student told her that he had a right to voice his opinion because of the first amendment, he was told "you don't have a right in this class to make homophobic comments" and to drop the class.
Here is part of the recorded conversation transcribed:
The student ended up dropping the class.
Dr. McAdams then criticized this decision online, believing that freedom of speech should not be squashed, even if an opinion disagrees with that of a teacher.
In response, Marquette suspended Dr. McAdams, and has now moved to fire him.
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There was a time when there were many honest professors. I don't know whether there still are or not.
Perhaps your answer opened the professor’s eyes.
It’s probably coming for all of us. Hope I can retire first.
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