Conservatives Need Not Apply

Posted October 15th, 2007 at 05:32 AM by Dan Fielding

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Champaign native George Will addresses academic discrimination:

In 2005, Emily Brooker, a social-work student at Missouri State University, was enrolled in a class taught by a professor who advertised himself as a liberal and insisted that social work is a liberal profession. At first, a mandatory assignment for his class was to advocate homosexual foster homes and adoption, with all students required to sign an advocacy letter, on university stationery, to the state legislature.

When Brooker objected on religious grounds, the project was made optional. But shortly before the final exam she was charged with a "Level 3," the most serious, violation of professional standards. In a 2 1/2 -hour hearing -- which she was forbidden to record and which her parents were barred from attending -- the primary subject was her refusal to sign the letter. She was ordered to write a paper ("Written Response about My Awareness") explaining how she could "lessen the gap" between her ethics and those of the social-work profession. When she sued the university, it dropped the charges and made financial and other restitution.

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On October 15th, 2007 at 06:36 PM, mjerryfuerst said:

This is as distrubing (but far less costly) as the incompetence with which the current administration has handled the current Iraqi war/occupation

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