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Can a Catholic professor speak about homosexuality without risking his job?

By Alliance Alert

Meghan Duke writing at First Things: "The three-page email was dated May 4, nearly a month earlier. The subject line was 'Utilitarianism and Sexuality.' Howell had sent it late that evening to help his students prepare for the essay question on the final exam in his Introduction to Catholicism class, and to clarify some points he made in his lecture the previous day on the question of homosexuality in Catholic thought . . . In an email to Howell the following Wednesday, McKim repeated his decision to relieve Howell of his teaching duties . . . The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a nonprofit legal fund dedicated to defending religious freedom, took up Howell?s case . . . The ADF . . . reminded the university that just because someone found Howell?s email offensive does not put it outside the realm of First Amendment protection; it is precisely the speech that offends that the First Amendment exists to protect."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 15, 2010 (boomark / email).