From newsmax.com (May 18, 2008 by Phil Brennan titled McCain Rebuffs Dobons: Will Evangelicals bolt?), U.S. Sen. John McCain's campaign has, for the time being, rejected invitations to meet with Dr. James Dobson, a politically influential evangelical broadcaster and psychologist.
According to veteran columnist, Robert Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times, McCain's move leads to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama becoming the next U.S. president.
Key conservatives have reached out to McCain but the GOP presumptive nominee has debranched such olive branches.
Surprised and dissatisfied, many of Dobson's supporters "are looking beyond 2008 to seek a new leader of the conservative movement for the 2012 election," reported Novak.
Will other conservatives branch out away from McCain or will they fall in? The band wagon effect is powerful and so is the Straight Talk Express but shouldn't McCain at least sweeten the pot. A bit of sugar makes the medicine go down.
A humble McCain would also allow his Straight Talk Express to go down the highway farther in November.
May 19, 2008
Academic and speech freedoms: endangered species?
Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech?
Academic freedom and freedom of speech apparently do not exist at the University of Toledo (not holy Toledo, but unholy Toledo!).
University of Toledo Associate Vice President Crystal Dixon was recently fired from her job for writing, not for the campus paper, but for the Toledo Free Press, regarding her support for traditional marriage.
In her published article, Ms. Dixon also opposed homosexual rights activists tactic of using civil rights, that is, equating race with homosexuality. As an African-American, Ms. Dixon objected to a column that compared the gay rights movement to the civil rights movements.
The Free Press agreed to print Ms. Dixon's rejoinder opposing homosexual marriage for traditional marriage.
After hundreds of e-mails protesting her response, the president of UT buckled under pressure in just a few weeks, deciding that Ms. Dixon's right to free speech and her right as a thinking academic is superceded by homosexuals right not to be opposed or offended in the marketplace of ideas on and off campus.
It seems, that UT President Lloyd Jacobs supports freedom of speech and academic freedom only when it offends traditional views.
Let's hope that Ms. Dixon's legal team from nearby Thomas More Law Center will win back her constitutional rights.
Where have all our freedoms gone?
Academic freedom and freedom of speech apparently do not exist at the University of Toledo (not holy Toledo, but unholy Toledo!).
University of Toledo Associate Vice President Crystal Dixon was recently fired from her job for writing, not for the campus paper, but for the Toledo Free Press, regarding her support for traditional marriage.
In her published article, Ms. Dixon also opposed homosexual rights activists tactic of using civil rights, that is, equating race with homosexuality. As an African-American, Ms. Dixon objected to a column that compared the gay rights movement to the civil rights movements.
The Free Press agreed to print Ms. Dixon's rejoinder opposing homosexual marriage for traditional marriage.
After hundreds of e-mails protesting her response, the president of UT buckled under pressure in just a few weeks, deciding that Ms. Dixon's right to free speech and her right as a thinking academic is superceded by homosexuals right not to be opposed or offended in the marketplace of ideas on and off campus.
It seems, that UT President Lloyd Jacobs supports freedom of speech and academic freedom only when it offends traditional views.
Let's hope that Ms. Dixon's legal team from nearby Thomas More Law Center will win back her constitutional rights.
Where have all our freedoms gone?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)