Grand Rapids Press: Calvin College Faculty Senate asks college to drop order on teaching about homosexuality and same-sex marriage
Calvin College professors are asking the board of trustees to withdraw a memo ordering them to follow the Christian Reformed Church’s teachings against homosexuality and same-sex marriages.
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Tagged Academic freedom, Calvin College, Free speech, same-sex marriage, Sexuality
The Grand Rapids Press: Calvin College professors call for discussion about memo warning against homosexual advocacy
Calvin College professors say they want a campus discussion about academic freedom after being told it is “unacceptable” for them to advocate for homosexual issues and same-sex marriage.
College employees received a memo last week saying the Board of Trustees has revisited issues surrounding the college’s position on homosexuality, concluding it is “unacceptable” for faculty and staff to teach, write or advocate on behalf of the issue.
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Inside Higher Ed: Prof Leaves Seminary to Stay in His Church
Michael Cox, professor of music theory and composition at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s School of Church Music since 1990, has taken early retirement, rather than ending his membership in Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, as he would have had to do to continue to teach, the Associated Baptist Press reported. The seminary, which requires faculty members to be affiliated with churches that share its faith, recently said that Broadway Baptist did not meet its tests because it was not sufficiently strong in condemning homosexuality.
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Tagged anti-gay policies, Sexuality, Southern Baptist Convention
OC Register: Bitter sex ed battle ends at UC Irvine
An award-winning UC Irvine biologist who set off a national controversy in academia by refusing to take state-mandated sexual harassment prevention training changed his mind and took the class, ending a bitter dispute that lasted for months.
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San Francisco Chronicle: Christian law group loses fight with Hastings
SAN FRANCISCO — UC Hastings College of the Law can deny recognition and funding to a Christian student group because it excludes gays, lesbians and non-Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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