Professor FIRED for Being Catholic

TFP Student Action ^ | 7-16-10 | By John Ritchie

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Shocking news: The University of Illinois fires professor for articulating Catholic moral teaching -- Register your urgent protest here:

SIGN THE PROTEST

Your voice can make a HUGE difference in this case.

Please join TFP Student Action in urging the president of the University of Illinois to stop the persecution and reinstate Prof. Kenneth Howell who was recently fired – yes, dismissed – for simply repeating Catholic moral teaching on marriage and Natural Law.

According to press reports, this is what happened:

Prof. Kenneth Howell Adjunct Prof. Kenneth Howell, a Catholic, explained to his students that homosexual vice violates Natural Law during a religion class “Introduction to Catholicism.” However, one of his students accused him of committing a “hate crime.” Soon after he was fired from his teaching position.

Are we seeing the beginning of a new religious persecution? A “diversity” dictatorship? Why is the truth being silenced in the halls that cry “academic freedom”?

Please invite your friends to join this peaceful protest. The easiest way to spread the word is to forward this post to your friends and family. (Non-Catholics can sign too.)

Many good students on campus are calling for Prof. Howell’s return. You can help them defend moral values by signing and spreading this peaceful protest.

Contact information (Please be polite yet firm)

President of the University of Illinois:

Michael J. Hogan
Office of President
364 Henry Administration Building, MC-346
506 S Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801-3649
presmike@uillinois.edu or mjhogan@uillinois.edu or uipres@uillinois.edu

Chancellor and Provost (Interim) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:

Robert A. Easter
Office of Chancellor
317 Swanlund Administration Building, MC-304
601 E John Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5711
reaster@illinois.edu

Head of the Department of Religion:

Professor Robert J. McKim
Department of Religion
3080 Foreign Languages Building, MC-166
707 S Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801-3643
rmckim@illinois.edu

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Your voice can make a HUGE difference in this case --Link.

[humblegunner]

Maybe he should knock it off then.

[reagandemocrat]

But terrorist bomber Bill Ayers remains on the university payroll.

[pointsal]

How many foot baths are on this campus?

[mlizzy]

How many foot baths are on this campus?

No foot baths, and the "Intro to Catholicism" class that Professor Howell taught is surprising to begin with as UIllinois is, of course, a state school. But the Cardinal Newman Center has a substantial presence (the Catholic Church, and the always-filled-to-capacity Newman dorms are located on campus), where they've had at least one open-air confession "on the square" with several priests presiding, they've had an exorcist speak on campus, and they have an active pro-life group, to name a few. The teacher was just speaking the truth in regard to the Catholic faith; anything less would have been lies ...