Illinois professor fired for giving Catholic teaching on homosexuality
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/illinois-professor-fired-for-giving-catholic-teaching-on-homosexuality/
Wait a minute...so he pretty much states the Catholic stance on homosexuality in a class on Catholicism, and gets fired?
Aside from the fact that the RCC has never been pro-gay (nor do I ever really expect them to be), he's teaching about Catholicism. He got fired for accurately stating what the Church says about it. Yes, it would constitute 'hate speech'--but so would the stances of a few other religions when it comes to gays and lesbians (or other religions, or non-believers, etc.)
He wasn't teaching health or sex-ed. He's not setting public policy. He was teaching about Catholicism.
My head is spinning in WTF-ness. If he'd said the Catholic Church was a-ok with homosexuality, he'd be lying.
I would probably butt heads with this guy on a lot of philosophical points (the whole not being Roman Catholic myself thing), but I do support his right to teach and present the teachings of his church accurately, in the context of a class like the one he taught (Introduction to Catholicism).
Wait a minute...so he pretty much states the Catholic stance on homosexuality in a class on Catholicism, and gets fired?
Aside from the fact that the RCC has never been pro-gay (nor do I ever really expect them to be), he's teaching about Catholicism. He got fired for accurately stating what the Church says about it. Yes, it would constitute 'hate speech'--but so would the stances of a few other religions when it comes to gays and lesbians (or other religions, or non-believers, etc.)
He wasn't teaching health or sex-ed. He's not setting public policy. He was teaching about Catholicism.
My head is spinning in WTF-ness. If he'd said the Catholic Church was a-ok with homosexuality, he'd be lying.
I would probably butt heads with this guy on a lot of philosophical points (the whole not being Roman Catholic myself thing), but I do support his right to teach and present the teachings of his church accurately, in the context of a class like the one he taught (Introduction to Catholicism).