Its always amusing to watch the holders of "inerrant truths" as
they cower in fear before those who have contrary ideas. Quite the tacit
acknowledgement that their "inerrant truths" are neither inerrant
nor the truth, else why the fear of ideas?
If someone wants to suggest gravity pulls up rather than down, there is
no need to suppress this idea because its falsity is readily demonstrable.
Only those who hold false beleifs need the insulation afforded by the
Thought Police.
Sincerely,
Brigham Young University Censured
By ROBERT GEHRKE
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The American Association of University Professors on
Saturday censured Brigham Young University over what it called a poor climate
of academic freedom.
The national faculty group's 45,000 members, meeting this weekend in
Washington, voted to censure the religious university owned by The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The action dealt with the university's refusal to grant continued status -
BYU's version of tenure - to Gail Turley Houston, an English professor whose
feminist views ran counter to some church standards.
University officials said Houston attacked the school in speeches and in an
article published in an off-campus newspaper.
The association determined that BYU's denial of tenure violated Houston's
academic freedom and that Houston's public support for praying to a ``Mother
in Heaven as well as a Father in Heaven'' were not statements of public
advocacy, but were ``a description of personal vision.''
BYU will be placed on the AAUP's list of censured universities, which appears
in its journal, Academe. The censure does not affect the school's
accreditation.
Gordon also downplayed any damage the censure could cause the school's
reputation. He said less than 5 percent of the nation's faculty members belong
to AAUP.
AP-NY-06-13-98 1849EDT
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