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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 20, 2017, 11:05:32 pm
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Marquette’s McAdams Won’t Apologize, Remains Suspended
By Alex Morey January 17, 2017
In an update to a case FIRE has followed closely for more than two years, Watchdog.org reports that Marquette University has reiterated its demand that professor John McAdams apologize for criticizing philosophy instructor Cheryl Abbate on his personal blog about her resistance to hearing opinions arguing against same-sex marriage in class.
McAdams, a tenured associate professor of political science, was suspended for the commentary in 2014, and has refused to apologize as a condition to his reinstatement. He is currently suing the university.
The new developments come as part of a January 12 letter from Marquette’s legal counsel to McAdams’ attorney. The letter states that it is standing by three pre-conditions to McAdams’ reinstatement, first proposed by Marquette President Michael Lovell in a letter to McAdams last March.
https://www.thefire.org/marquettes-mcadams-wont-apologize-remains-suspended/
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Just for the record, John McAdams, the professor here under discussion, is famous for being a Warren Commission defender and arguing against JFK assassination conspiracy theories.
He has a devoted website to the above, per Marquette:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm
So, if one has questions about the JFK assassination and maybe you just wonder, you aren't into conspiracies per se, it might hold some interest to read there.
He seems to be a good guy.
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Even if he's a liberal, I'll stand by someone who demands free speech and honest debate on a politically charged topic. Always refuse the demands of the liberal imams to preach their theocratic catechism with no debate.