Comments on: Professor Fired for Teaching Catholic Belief in a Catholic Class http://stkarnick.com/culture/2010/07/20/professor-fired-for-teaching-catholic-belief-in-a-catholic-class/ News, reviews, and analysis, edited by S. T. Karnick Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: crazyhorse http://stkarnick.com/culture/2010/07/20/professor-fired-for-teaching-catholic-belief-in-a-catholic-class/comment-page-1/#comment-7394 crazyhorse Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:10:30 +0000 http://stkarnick.com/culture/?p=9037#comment-7394 Typical in this post Christiam,pro moslem,pro communist age. This Universtity is off my list now... Typical in this post Christiam,pro moslem,pro communist age. This Universtity is off my list now…

]]> By: Bob Champ http://stkarnick.com/culture/2010/07/20/professor-fired-for-teaching-catholic-belief-in-a-catholic-class/comment-page-1/#comment-7347 Bob Champ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:28:25 +0000 http://stkarnick.com/culture/?p=9037#comment-7347 I went to a Catholic university, so I had to take religion classes to graduate even though I'm Protestant. I heard many things with which I disagreed, but never would have I objected to any of them in this way. If you are in an environment, by choice, that deals with Catholicism, as this friend of a friend was, you should expect to hear some things with which you might not agree. But to try to get the professor fired! What happened to the free exchange of ideas? That is what a university is supposed to be about. This action on the part of UI negates that freedom. As I understand it from the article, the professor wasn't even supporting the idea; he simply presented it as part of Catholic teaching. The university, in allowing this class to be presented, should have known that this subject would likely come up in some form or other. Instead of firing this man from his job, they should have decided that they were remiss in not making this caveat against homosexuality known. As for the student who objected: What a thin-skinned little weasel. Anybody with a mind as closed as his or her doesn't belong in a university setting in the first place. I hope the instructor sues to get his job back. If Ward Churchill can do it, he can. I went to a Catholic university, so I had to take religion classes to graduate even though I’m Protestant. I heard many things with which I disagreed, but never would have I objected to any of them in this way. If you are in an environment, by choice, that deals with Catholicism, as this friend of a friend was, you should expect to hear some things with which you might not agree. But to try to get the professor fired!

What happened to the free exchange of ideas? That is what a university is supposed to be about. This action on the part of UI negates that freedom. As I understand it from the article, the professor wasn’t even supporting the idea; he simply presented it as part of Catholic teaching.

The university, in allowing this class to be presented, should have known that this subject would likely come up in some form or other. Instead of firing this man from his job, they should have decided that they were remiss in not making this caveat against homosexuality known.

As for the student who objected: What a thin-skinned little weasel. Anybody with a mind as closed as his or her doesn’t belong in a university setting in the first place.

I hope the instructor sues to get his job back. If Ward Churchill can do it, he can.

]]> By: Warren Nicholson Y. Fernando http://stkarnick.com/culture/2010/07/20/professor-fired-for-teaching-catholic-belief-in-a-catholic-class/comment-page-1/#comment-7342 Warren Nicholson Y. Fernando Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:08:58 +0000 http://stkarnick.com/culture/?p=9037#comment-7342 This is like expelling a Muslim cleric for teaching the beliefs of Islam. This is like expelling a Muslim cleric for teaching the beliefs of Islam.

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