Goodbye, Freedom of Speech...

[immortaldiamond]

Gosh, this is terrible. At the University of Illinois, a professor was fired for saying that he agreed with Catholic teaching on marriage and sexuality. And he didn't state this out of the blue in a math class or whatnot, he was teaching a class on Modern Catholic Thought, when a student asked him if he agreed with what he was teaching. (What was he supposed to say? "Er, that information is confidential...")

You can read more about it here: nomblog.com/1148/?msource=EC100713NAT1&tr=y&auid=6624947

The site also provides a letter you can send to the Illinois Board of Trustees (the page doesn't seem to work in Firefox, so if you're having trouble, try a different browser): www.nationformarriage.org/c.omL2KeN0LzH/b.6135211/k.F1EE/Univ_of_Illinois_Fires_Professor_for_Catholic_Views/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?msource=EC100713NAT1&tr=y&auid=6624946

[estiel]

Dear Immortaldiamond,
Of course it's a violation of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, academic freedom, even freedom of thought. What it is not is a "shock." It's the way things are.
To make a law prohibiting "hate speech" is anyhow unconstitutional, regardless of whether the speech is hateful or not. (That's a subjective judgment in the first place.) The law exists for the sole purpose of silencing speech, religion, thought. Its purpose is obvious, blatant, tyrannical, evil.
I herewith break the law: I HATE _____. (fill in the blank: bananas, cold grits, the color purple, my aunt Eloise, boring sermons, tyranny.) So arrest me.

[estiel]

update:
He was reinstated the day after the deadline his lawyer had given the university before filing suit. He was re-hired for the same reason he was fired: the university wants to cover its ***. Nothing else really mattered.