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Student banned from Catholic college campus after defending natural marriage

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The student who was  threatened with rape for articulating Catholic teaching on marriage at Providence College  graduated this weekend, and was then banned from campus and served a restraining order . This happened after he reported to the school being threatened with murder and subsequently confronted an administrator about her inaction. “First rape, now death,” the now-graduate, Michael Smalanskas, told LifeSiteNews. His being banned from campus means he is losing wages because he can no longer report to work at the on-campus Barnes and Noble , where he planned to continue working this summer. The school’s Vice President of Student Affairs, Kristine Goodwin, obtained a restraining order against Smalanskas. The two have a history – it was Goodwin who encouraged students to participate in a march against “homophobia” after Smalanskas put up a bulletin board defending marriage. Goodwin now claims Smalanskas “glared at me for 5-10 seconds” after exiting “the line for commun

Catholic college won’t defend student threatened with gay rape for defending marriage

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Catholic college students are threatening, harassing, and targeting a Resident Advisor (RA), including with a cartoon depicting him being anally raped, for posting a bulletin board affirming Catholic teaching on marriage. “I couldn’t even go brush my teeth for several nights without facing a mob in my hallway,” the RA, Michael Smalanskas, told LifeSiteNews. Providence College , where this is taking place, is run by the Dominican order ’s Province of St. Joseph – well-known in most places for its orthodoxy. However, in response to repeated vandalism of the bulletin board and other student employees threateningly congregating outside the Catholic RA’s door – requiring campus security to move Smalanskas to a safe, undisclosed location – the college’s president, a Dominican priest, said “it belongs to a Catholic college to consider the views of those who disagree with the Church’s teaching.” Another administrator, Vice President of Student Affairs Kristine Goodwin, sent an e