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Prof fired by Catholic university for defending marriage has huge court win

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The professor forced out by a  Jesuit-run  Catholic university for blogging about an undergrad student being  assailed by his teacher  for his having voiced defence of marriage has won in court. In a landmark decision Friday the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Marquette University violated John McAdams’ right to free speech when it suspended him for writing the blog post, and it ordered the University to restore McAdams immediately with his full rank, tenure, compensation and benefits. “The undisputed facts show that the University breached its contract with Dr McAdams when it suspended him for engaging in activity protected by the contract's guarantee of academic freedom,” court documents say. The Court wrote further that, "we reverse the circuit court and ... order the University to immediately reinstate Dr McAdams with unimpaired rank, tenure, compensation, and benefits." Breaking details were  shared  on Twitter by Weekly Standard author Charlie Sykes.  The

Prof defiant as Marquette moves to fire him for outing pro-gay intolerance

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Logo of Marquette University (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Wisconsin Jesuit university that   suspended a tenured professor   after his blog post exposed a student’s apparent harassment by a graduate assistant for not supporting homosexual “marriage” has moved closer toward firing the instructor. Marquette University   suspended Political Science Professor John McAdams without pay during Holy Week and said it intends to terminate him if he doesn’t apologize for the 2014 blog post . The suspension is effective April 1, extending through the fall 2016 semester. McAdams wrote on his   blog   March 26 that his return to the faculty in January 2017 is contingent upon his submitting a written statement acknowledging his wrongdoing to President Michael Lovell by April 4, and admitting his blog post “was reckless and incompatible with the mission and values of Marquette University,” as well as expressing “deep regret for the harm suffered” by the former graduate student .

Foolish Catholic Priest supports Gays

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Image via Wikipedia Rev. Bryan Massingale, a priest with the archdiocese of Milwaukee and an associate professor of moral theology at Catholic, Jesuit -run Marquette University , and Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby, both spoke at a recent event for a group that advocates “full equality” for homosexuals . At the event the pair were confronted by a reporter with CNS News, who asked the priest whether he agrees with the Catholic Church ’s teaching on homosexuality – a question that the priest demurred from answering. The March 30 event on Capitol Hill was hosted by a group called “Equally Blessed” which describes itself as “a coalition of faithful Catholics who support full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) people both in the church and in civil society,” reports  CNS News . The group was focusing on the results of a recent poll that found an increase in support by Catholics for homosexuality. Following his