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Do Mess with Secular Public Education
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Expelling God From The University: That is the title of an article by David French appearing the Catalyst, V.34, and Number 4, May, 2007. This is the monthly journal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The author writes:

The stories go on and on – one of the great underreported scandals of higher education. It is as if the academic establishment has collectively decided a certain group of people is so reprehensible and abhorrent that they must change or be cast aside, relegated to the dustbin of history along with the racists of the Old South.

And who are Emily, Christine, Scott, and others? They are certainly not violent or radicals of any stripe. In fact, their political views about the Iraq war, on economic programs, even social issues. They do, however, share a single, defining characteristic: they are theologically conservative Christians, who believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. …

Christine Miller made the mistake of expressing Biblically orthodox views of sexual morality – that sex should be reserved for a man and woman within marriage. She was reprimanded by a university housing department who saw that view as incompatible with its own expressed “solitary” with the university’s “GLBT community.” (Same-sex)

Scott Savage’s case is even more bizarre. He volunteered to serve on a book selection committee for the “First Year Reading Experience” – suggesting book options for freshman students. After the other members of the committee suggested a series of books from a leftist perspective, Scott suggested the students read a series of conservative books, including one, The Marketing of Evil, by David Kupelian, that refers to homosexual sexual behavior as “sinful” or “evil”. Acting on complaints from homosexual faculty that the book recommendation made them feel “unsafe” on campus, the faculty assembly voted without dissent to accuse Scott of “sexual harassment.” Later, several professors – acting with the full knowledge and express approval of the faculty – filed formal charges against Scott. …
In the last six years, approximately 50 colleges and universities have either expelled or attempted to expel Christian student groups from campus…. Stories like this are not uncommon…. If the students are fortunate, their experience is limited to mere mockery…. Clearly, when it comes to religion, the campus culture wars are building to a climax…. To the campus establishment, there is no functional or moral difference between an evangelical Christian proponent of traditional Judeo-Christian sexual morality and George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. …
What is also crucial to note is that none of the Christians in any of the cases above have taken any action whatsoever to censor, silence, or deprive any homosexual student of their rights recognized by law….

As a retired public school teacher, the above is the state of mind on the campuses, blacked out by a politically correct media & the culture’s iron curtain.
George H. Kubeck,P.O. 579, Stanton, Ca. 90680