11.14.06

More Evidence that "The Pretense of Tolerance" is Over...
Emily Brooker was pursuing a degree in Social Work at Missouri State University (right). She received an education in intolerance and political correctness instead.

One of Emily's professors assigned his students a project promoting adoption of children by individuals that practice homosexual behavior. The project required that the entire class write and individually sign a letter to the Missouri legislature supporting such adoption. Because of her Biblically based views on homosexual behavior, Emily refused to sign the letter.

What happened next was amazing…and perhaps one of the most vivid examples that I have seen that the "pretense of tolerance" on college campuses is indeed over.

Emily was accused of a "Level 3 grievance" for violation of the School of Social Work’s "Standards of Essential Functioning in Social Work Education." This was the most serious charge possible. Emily was told that she had violated three standards: Diversity, Interpersonal Skills, and Professional Behavior, and that her degree might be withheld as a result.

She was dragged into a two-and-a-half interrogation by an "ethics committee" made up of faculty members, who allegedly asked her questions such as "Do you think gays and lesbians are sinners?" and "Do you think I am a sinner?"

David French, director of ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom filed a complaint in federal district court to defend Emily’s First Amendment rights. A copy of the complaint can be read at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/BrookerComplaint.pdf. The nation’s faith-based and conservative media picked up the story as well.

Now, the university has settled the case – affirming Emily’s First Amendment rights – and dropping the grievance from her record! Not only that – the school will pay her tuition for two years of graduate school and the professor was removed from his administrative duties and placed on non-teaching leave for the rest of the semester.

We praise God for another victory for the right to hear and speak the Truth. Please pray for the many courageous Christian students whose faith is under attack on a daily basis on our nation’s public university campuses, and that ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom will continue to grow in its capacity to defend and protect student constitutional rights to free speech and association.

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