New Loyola Marymount Alumni Petition Targets Use of Preferred Pronouns

Catholic News Agency ^ | 11/30/21 | Joe Bukuras

[marshmallow]

After learning that students at Loyola Marymount University allegedly were required to include their preferred pronouns on assignments and are given the option to change their name and gender identity, an alumni-led group is petitioning the Los Angeles-area Catholic school to stop its “institutional commitment to gender ideology."

The petition partly stems from an email that a professor, Christopher Miller, allegedly sent to students on Sept. 9. The content of the email was posted on Twitter Nov. 12 by Libs of Tik Tok, a popular conservative Twitter account.

Loyola Marymount's website identifies Miller as Bhagwan Mallinath Assistant Professor of Jainism and Yoga Studies. Jainism is an ancient Indian religion.

“I added a new syllabus to Brightspace and the one major change we all need to take note of is that all are required to include their gender pronouns next to their name in their blog posts,” the alleged email reads. “I will count this toward your grade when I check for your name each time I grade the blogs.” Brightspace is a software platform for online teaching.

“Our own LMU Provost links this article in his own signature after he identifies his pronouns,” Miller allegedly wrote. “For those who are not aware of why this is important please take a few minutes to read this article.”

[peggybac]

My nephew went there for a year - it’s a beautiful campus. I wish the Catholic and church related colleges would get their s**t together and say enough is enough. Why do universities allow the students to call all the shots? It really, really angers me.

[bdfromlv]

I learned in prison you never have to worry about pronouns if you call everyone “Herm” as in, hey herm, thanks herm, or if you don’t like them, hey asshole. works great.

[Rannug]

So fecking ridiculous.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I graduated from there MANY years ago.

I wouldn’t recognize the campus with all the new buildings that were constructed over the years.

[j.havenfarm]

Same thing with me and Santa Clara, where I returned for the first time recently after a number of years. Grand buildings. Glorious structures. Modern masterpieces, but complimentary to the Mission style. Which fits, given that Mission Santa Clara is the centerpiece of the campus.

And I wouldn’t give those rat bastards a dime if I won a billion dollars in the lotto. My alma mater is just another indoctrination factory