Posted on 08/03/2010 11:39:05 PM PDT by topher
A Catholicism instructor fired from the the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for saying he agrees with the church's teaching that homosexual sex is immoral has been reinstated.
Adjunct professor Kenneth Howell said he was fired at the end of the spring semester after sending an e-mail explaining Catholic beliefs on homosexuality to his students preparing for an exam.
Now the University of Illinois says Howell will return next semester.
"The department of religion will continue Kenneth Howell's adjunct appointment for the fall semester, and has offered him the opportunity to teach Religion 127, Introduction to Catholicism," school spokesman Robin Kaler said in a statement.
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It was around July 26th that the victory was declared...
This article is being carried on the Front Page of FoxNews I guess because of Popularity.
Now the Catholic Center is not funding it, so it is possible that Dr. Ken Howell may be muffled by the University since the University now pays Professor Howell to teach the class.
Thank God for Alliance Defense Fund.
Well that’s a twist.
What moved the prof to announce anything more specific than that he was personally a Roman Catholic and that he adhered to the traditional Roman Catholic teachings? Was he getting requests to approve of gay lifestyles? While it was not exactly wrong to share that with the class, it seems his move was rather pointless from what it says here.
The last thing that you will generally find in a University religious department is someone who actually believes in God. Atheists are the general rule.
I put a check in the mail just this morning to ADF. I had no idea at the time this frivolous lawsuit was dropped.
Wonderful news!
Pardon, not lawsuit, unfair firing from the ahem....tolerant...progressives in intelligentsia.
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