Posted on 03/21/2014 7:20:35 AM PDT by dennisw
First Amendment enthusiasts are thrilled that Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, won his lawsuit against administrators who denied him a promotion because of his conservative, Christian views.
Adams joined the university in 1993. He was an atheist at the time. By the year 2000, he had converted to Christianity and become an outspoken political conservative. He eventually wrote columns for Townhall.com.
In 2006, he was denied a promotion. Administrators were retaliating against him for his conservative views, he claimed.
The jury agreed.
Adams’s lawyers said the victory is an important one for free speech on public university campuses.
“This is an incredibly important victory for the First Amendment,” said Travis Barham, an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom, in a statement to Campus Reform. “To be able to speak freely without retaliation is a principle that should be a reality on campus and the jurors reassured that.”
Adams’s conservative views had irked many of his colleagues and some of his students, according to The College Fix.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Liberal University honchos say —— conform or be cast out
Congratulations, Mike. You deserve it.
I expect his office will soon be moved to a broom closet and any secretarial help will be eliminated.
“This is an incredibly important victory for the First Amendment,” said Travis Barham, an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom, in a statement to Campus Reform. “To be able to speak freely without retaliation is a principle that should be a reality on campus and the jurors reassured that.”
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BIG win .... good for him for having the courage to stand up and fight. His article before going to court was a good read and explained a lot. Even if he’d lost in court, he was not giving up the fight for freedom of speech.
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This guy is in the belly of the beast. I read his columns and they’re well written with a great sense of humor. He needs that sense of humor where he is. It’s got to be stressful but tenure has it’s advantages.
YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!
Good for you Mike!
So, they’ll take a chunk out of the University endowment to pay this guy, and it’s no skin off the liberals’ nose.
I recall there being a preponderance of women in my Masters program. All except one or two were divorced and had gone back to school to develop skills and “enhance their self-concept.” They also didn’t particularly like men as their ex-husbands were “absolute Neanderthals.”
I had an annoying tendency to point out that they were the ones that picked these “absolute Neanderthals” in the first place—Which they didn’t appreciate.
Good news Friday!
From one conservative professor to another, CONGRATULATIONS.
Luckily for me, my review committees have always known my political orientation, and that has not been an impediment. Small colleges have their pluses.
Typical of reporting today: the article never says what this means in terms of Adams’s career (I know the guy, met him once, e-mailed many times). Is he reinstated with tenure (which is the correct call, plus punitive damages) or just given a payout?
I have read a lot of his stuff over the years, and I really liked it. Humor, no holds barred, going right for the jugular.
Liberals HATE him with a passion. (a badge of honor, in my book)
According to an article on TownHall.com, that is TBD.
Update: According to the ACLJ, the verdict was only for liability. The judge will later decide Adams' relief.
This is excellent news! I’ve been praying for Mike Adams. I know that many liberals’ heads will be exploding today. Go Mike!
So happy hope he got tons of money!
“The hypocrisy of it all was one of my big wake-up calls in life.”
One of mine was going to the 1972 (I think) American Psychological Association convention as a hot-shot Psi Chi member and seeing PhD professors booing and hissing Albert Ellis as he tried to give his paper.
They didn’t confront him with devastating questions at the end of his presentation. Not that they could have. No, they smirked and heckled like prospective 9th-grade dropouts.
That’s when I decided I didn’t want to be a witch doctor.
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