University suspends professor who objected after student was forbidden from opposing gay marriage
A university professor received a suspension letter from his school's dean last week after criticising a fellow teacher.
The suspension with pay came after he criticised teaching assistant Cheryl Abbate in his blog. McAdams blogged about his disapproval when Abbate forbade a student from discussing his opinion on gay rights in her "Theory of Ethics" class.
In McAdams' blog, he described how Abbate apparently told the student after class that any opposition to gay marriage is offensive speech and will not be tolerated in her class. She also told the student that if he disagreed with her, he could drop the class....