{"id":1133,"date":"2006-06-15T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2006-06-16T03:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2006\/06\/utah-column-on-gay-marriage-prompts-dismissal\/"},"modified":"2006-06-15T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2006-06-16T03:05:02","slug":"utah-column-on-gay-marriage-prompts-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2006\/06\/utah-column-on-gay-marriage-prompts-dismissal\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah: Column on Gay Marriage Prompts Dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Inside Higher Ed<\/i>: <a href=\"http:\/\/insidehighered.com\/news\/2006\/06\/15\/byu\">Column on Gay Marriage Prompts Dismissal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Days after a local newspaper published his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/opinion\/ci_3896635\">opinion piece supporting same-sex marriage<\/a>, an adjunct instructor at Brigham Young University learned that he would not be rehired to teach courses in the philosophy department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe opposing gay marriage and seeking a constitutional amendment against it is immoral,\u201d Jeffrey Nielsen wrote in the June 4 Salt Lake Tribune. \u201cCurrently the preponderance of scientific research strongly suggests that same-sex attraction is biologically based. Therefore, it is as natural as a heterosexual orientation, even if rare.\u2026 [L]egalizing gay marriage reinforces the importance of committed relationships and would strengthen the institution of marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Higher Ed: Column on Gay Marriage Prompts Dismissal Days after a local newspaper published his opinion piece supporting same-sex marriage, an adjunct instructor at Brigham Young University learned that he would not be rehired to teach courses in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2006\/06\/utah-column-on-gay-marriage-prompts-dismissal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[554,2257,555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-freedom","category-employment-rights","category-free-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}