University Professor Persecuted...for Converting to Christianity
Mar 21, 2014 16:29:13 #
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An atheist when hired, he later converted to Christianity. That's when the abuse began.
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Victory for Academic Freedom: Jury Rules UNC-Wilmington Retaliated Against Conservative Professor
Leah Barkoukis | Mar 20, 2014
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A jury in North Carolina on Thursday found that the University of North Carolina-Wilmington retaliated against criminology professor Dr. Mike Adams for his political and social views.
Adams, a Townhall columnist, explained last year that despite his track record of success at the university in terms of teaching, research and service, he was denied a promotion to full professor because of the views he advanced in his opinion columns. He described the promotion process as being replete with procedural irregularities and with direct criticism of [his] columns and [his] beliefs.
The ACLJ, who represented Adams along with Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Travis Barham, explains further:
When Dr. Adams submitted his application for full professor, university officials rejected it through the use of a completely-fabricated promotion standard, passed along false and misleading information about his academic record, explicitly considered the content of his protected speech in promotion documents, and incredibly allowed a professor whod filed a false criminal complaint against Dr. Adams to cast a vote against his application.
[N]o individual loses his ability to speak as a private citizen by virtue of public employment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote in 2011. Adams columns addressed topics such as academic freedom, civil rights, campus culture, sex, feminism, abortion, homosexuality, religion, and morality. Such topics plainly touched on issues of public, rather than private, concern.
The university hired Adams, a former atheist, in 1993 as an assistant professor, and promoted him to associate professor in 1998. The campaign of academic persecution that culminated in his denial of promotion to full professor began when he converted to Christianity in 2000, which greatly influenced his views on social and political issues.
We are grateful that the jury today reaffirmed the fundamental principle that universities are a marketplace of ideas, not a place where professors face retaliation for having a different view than university officials, Barham said.
The jury saw what we have long known to be true about the wrong done to Dr. Adams, said Senior Legal Counsel David Hacker. The verdict is a powerful message for academic freedom and free speech at Americas public universities.
Update: According to the ACLJ, the verdict was only for liability. The judge will later decide Adams' relief.
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Victory for Academic Freedom: Jury Rules UNC-Wilmington Retaliated Against Conservative Professor
Leah Barkoukis | Mar 20, 2014
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A jury in North Carolina on Thursday found that the University of North Carolina-Wilmington retaliated against criminology professor Dr. Mike Adams for his political and social views.
Adams, a Townhall columnist, explained last year that despite his track record of success at the university in terms of teaching, research and service, he was denied a promotion to full professor because of the views he advanced in his opinion columns. He described the promotion process as being replete with procedural irregularities and with direct criticism of [his] columns and [his] beliefs.
The ACLJ, who represented Adams along with Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Travis Barham, explains further:
When Dr. Adams submitted his application for full professor, university officials rejected it through the use of a completely-fabricated promotion standard, passed along false and misleading information about his academic record, explicitly considered the content of his protected speech in promotion documents, and incredibly allowed a professor whod filed a false criminal complaint against Dr. Adams to cast a vote against his application.
[N]o individual loses his ability to speak as a private citizen by virtue of public employment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit wrote in 2011. Adams columns addressed topics such as academic freedom, civil rights, campus culture, sex, feminism, abortion, homosexuality, religion, and morality. Such topics plainly touched on issues of public, rather than private, concern.
The university hired Adams, a former atheist, in 1993 as an assistant professor, and promoted him to associate professor in 1998. The campaign of academic persecution that culminated in his denial of promotion to full professor began when he converted to Christianity in 2000, which greatly influenced his views on social and political issues.
We are grateful that the jury today reaffirmed the fundamental principle that universities are a marketplace of ideas, not a place where professors face retaliation for having a different view than university officials, Barham said.
The jury saw what we have long known to be true about the wrong done to Dr. Adams, said Senior Legal Counsel David Hacker. The verdict is a powerful message for academic freedom and free speech at Americas public universities.
Update: According to the ACLJ, the verdict was only for liability. The judge will later decide Adams' relief.
Mar 21, 2014 16:39:11 #
Mar 21, 2014 17:19:24 #
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The beautiful University of California, Santa Cruz is one of the true cesspools of the CA university system. Conservatives and increasingly Jews are treated like dirt there. There are frequent episodes of Jew-bashing and Israel-bashing. The cesspool aspect mainly exists in the various "humanity" and "liberal arts" programs. (Is Lesbian Chicana studies considered "liberal arts" in your neighborhood?)
A professor there commented, with his name withheld: "You're fine and welcome here if you're a Leftist, Communist, Wiccan, Feminist, Lesbian, or America-hater in general. But you're going to have a tough time if you're an outspoken Christian or a Conservative."
On a photo-related note, photographers now and then try to advertise for models in the school paper, "City on a Hill Press." Their paid ads are rejected, because the Editorial Collective which rules the paper has deemed that "modeling is demeaning to wimmin (sic)." Censorship marches onward...
A professor there commented, with his name withheld: "You're fine and welcome here if you're a Leftist, Communist, Wiccan, Feminist, Lesbian, or America-hater in general. But you're going to have a tough time if you're an outspoken Christian or a Conservative."
On a photo-related note, photographers now and then try to advertise for models in the school paper, "City on a Hill Press." Their paid ads are rejected, because the Editorial Collective which rules the paper has deemed that "modeling is demeaning to wimmin (sic)." Censorship marches onward...
UCSC's version of cheerleaders, featuring gay, lesbian, handicapped, overweight students. The school mascot is the Banana Slug
Mar 22, 2014 11:24:05 #
It happens all the time. On the other hand, there are times when atheists are hounded out of town. So really, it's a question of hate, not really a question of religion. And people who glory in their 'religiousness' can be and are just as hateful as atheists.
If we could all learn that all are worthy before the Creator because we are his Creation, then things could get much better. But alas, too many Creations think their kind are the only ones that He loves. And so the silliness continues ad infinitum.
If we could all learn that all are worthy before the Creator because we are his Creation, then things could get much better. But alas, too many Creations think their kind are the only ones that He loves. And so the silliness continues ad infinitum.
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