Washington Examiner Local Editorial: Political retaliation at Gallaudet
The editors of the Washington Examiner react to the story of Dr. McCaskill:
Gallaudet University’s rash decision to place its chief diversity officer on paid administrative leave because she signed the petition that put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the ballot next month is a dismaying example of political correctness run amok. But it also exposes the same kind of intimidation and coercion quietly lurking behind a facade of “fairness” and “toleration” that reared its ugly head in California four years ago over voter-approved Proposition 8.
Maggie Gallagher, a former president of the National Organization for Marriage, zeroed in on this anomaly last week, writing on National Review’s blog: “Nobody that I know is losing his job for being for gay marriage.” Indeed, the shabby treatment of Dr. Angela McCaskill is more proof that the Tolerance Lobby does not tolerate dissent — even among its own card-carrying members.
McCaskill and her sister were the first two black, deaf, females to earn their Ph.D.s from Gallaudet. She worked at the nation’s premier university for the hearing impaired for 23 years before becoming its chief diversity officer in 2011. Before a still-anonymous Gallaudet faculty member ratted her out for signing the petition, she was apparently in good standing and had even helped establish a resource center for gay deaf students on campus.
STATEMENT: Derek McCoy, Chairman Maryland Marriage Alliance
MMA Releases New Ad Sharing the Threat to Religious Liberties and Individual Rights
The Maryland Marriage Alliance continues to urge Gallaudet officials to reinstate Dr. Angela McCaskill without concessions. Gallaudet’s President T. Alan Hurwitz’s recent statement indicating that his decision to place Dr. McCaskill on administrative leave was “prudent” is offensive and a further attack on the democratic process.
Dr. McCaskill has done absolutely nothing wrong. She has done what every Maryland voter has the right to do, engage in the democratic process. Placing her on administrative leave was not prudent, fair or honorable.
Our alliance of diverse stakeholders across the state have warned Marylanders about the religious liberties and individual rights that are compromised if same-sex marriage is made law.
Homosexual activists continue to cry that individual and religious liberties are not at risk. The suspension of Dr. McCaskill is proof of the disingenuous and untruthful nature of that argument.
Dr. McCaskill has worked on the campus of an American college for the deaf and hard of hearing for over 20 years. If the marketplace of ideas and freedom of expression is not prized in that environment, how can we ever expect it to survive elsewhere if same-sex marriage activists prevail?
Today the Maryland Marriage Alliance will release a commercial telling Marylanders what homosexual activists do not tell them about question six.
The 30-second ad highlights the consequences and threats that Marylanders face when same-sex marriage becomes law.
To protect marriage and religious liberties, Marylanders must vote AGAINST question six.
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