TYT: Christian 'Lifestyle Statement' Leads To Mass Resignations At University

[ihavenobias]

Via AOL.com: "A university in Georgia is bleeding faculty after adding a new section to employee contracts last October. The "Personal Lifestyle Statement" requires employees to reject homosexuality, premarital sex, adultery, drug use and public drinking near campus. It also mandates that staff be active in a local church. In an anonymous survey in April, only 12 percent of faculty and staff said that they planned to stay at Shorter University, a 139-year-old Baptist school, reports Inside Higher Ed. More than 50 resigned before the new contracts were even distributed...". Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.

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[hedgehog]

1. i guess so!

http://www.shorter.edu/about/hr_employment.htm

[ihavenobias]

3. Perfect response. n/t

[bowens43]

2. in a sane world

belief in omnipotent invisible sky faeries would disqualify a person from teaching at a university.