Marquette professor banned from campus after criticizing classroom gay marriage discussion
by Marie Rohde | Dec. 18, 2014
A tenured associate professor said he will take legal measures if necessary to overturn Marquette University's decision to ban him from campus after he criticized a teaching assistant in a blog post for not allowing philosophy students in her class to discuss the ethics of gay marriage.
John McAdams, a longtime political science professor, said he is being represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), a nonprofit organization that describes its mission as dedication "to the promotion of free markets, limited government, individual liberty and a robust civil society." Its founder and general counselor, Rick Esenberg, is an adjunct member of the Marquette Law School faculty.
"They [WILL] are representing me pro bono," McAdams told NCR, noting that university policy and his rights were violated when the university failed to specify the charges being investigated. "So Marquette can't make me go broke on legal fees."
He said the action was a breach of contract for attempting to punish him for exercising his academic freedom and free speech.
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