Gallaudet official suspended for signing anti-same-sex marriage petition

[demopublican]

Once again The Baltimore Democrat Sun Papers have acted to block public information proving that the University selectively punished the woman for failing to support ultra liberal policies. Donations to Democrats and pro-abortion groups by professors.

I posted the info twice and it was deleted. I sent it to Matt for explanation and TA created an entering new rule which claimed that private names from public sources could only be posted if they were previously printed by the Sun.

No scooping that lazy hacks writing for the once proud paper.

This rule would restrict any posting of names from campaign database or the judicial case search.

[Eastside Terp]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...tory?track=rss

Wow. This is interesting. The "Diversity Officer"? What does that job require? I wonder if there are many white christian straight male diversity officers working for Colleges.

Personally I would not have signed the petition and I will vote for gay marriage. But I am not clear on why this woman cant have her own political views.

this is one of the funniest stories I have read in a while ........

I wonder how many folk's lives she has made miserable for not toeing the diversity line ......

I wonder if she supports the people's right to vote on affirmative action ......

classic case of live by the sword, die by the sword .......

[demopublican]

this is one of the funniest stories I have read in a while ........

I wonder how many folk's lives she has made miserable for not toeing the diversity line ......

I wonder if she supports the people's right to vote on affirmative action ......

classic case of live by the sword, die by the sword .......

Agreed. I oppose the entire idea of a diversity officer.

I am sure she is well trained in the PC racial politics of academia.

[octoburn]

So you would be ok with employers firing people for supporting gay marriage?
Or voting Obama?

That does seem to be the case.

[jtowne-swim]

So you would be ok with employers firing people for supporting gay marriage?
Or voting Obama?

Well Since the Koch Brothers have threatened to do that to their Georigia Pacific Employees.

[demopublican]

Well Since the Koch Brothers have threatened to do that to their Georigia Pacific Employees.

And that is a good thing?

[jtowne-swim]

And that is a good thing?

No but it is apperently legal

[jtowne-swim]

Here is an interesting piece on it

http://www.thenation.com/blog/170703...-step-coercion

In recent weeks, a flurry of news coverage has focused on an undemocratic trend in workplaces around the country: employers telling their workers which politicians they should vote for. CEOs for Murray Energy, Koch Industries, ASG Software, and Westgate Resorts have pressured their employees to vote for particular political candidates, like Mitt Romney..
.........

One of the lesser-known consequences of the Citizens United decision is how corporations gained the power to explicitly recommend candidates to their rank-and-file workers. Before, corporations were limited to mostly encouraging civic participation. Now, managers can make political appeals for a candidate in the workplace.

Apperently Herman Cain even does workshops for small buisnesses on how to influence employee votes!

[demopublican]

Recommending is one thing.

Suspending, slandering, and threatening to fire is another.

[MooGoo]

Huh? Why would anyone go after someone for supporting traditional marriage?

Because that is what they have been taught to do? It is the Saul Alinsky attack dog, Chicago-politics-as-usual approach to "community organizing".

She's lucky ACORN didn't send over a busload of folks to picket her front lawn.

She dared to raise her voice. Now she must be silenced and punished for her crime.

Lemme ask you a question Mr. Moderator: Why does your side feel it necessary to publish the names and addresses of all of the people who signed the petition in the first place?

Answer: Intimidation.

[Baltimatt]

MooGoo--

You are avoiding the issue. It's not her supposed support for traditional marriage that caused the stir, but her signing the petition which some read as opposition to same-sex marriage.

Your side often likes to phrase things to imply supporters of SSM are somehow opposed to traditional marriage. We don't oppose traditional marriage, just a traditional marriage ONLY model.

And then there are the references to "pro-family" groups, as though gays who want families are somehow anti-family.

And for the record, I did not support publishing the list of petition signers.

[demopublican]

Everything Magoo said was accurate except your argument with his use of traditional marriage.

I wonder if our Activist moderator Matt and TA4MO'M would have been as fast and determined to delete the names of the petition signers as they were to delete the names of the Democrat political donors employed by this uber liberal school.

[jtowne-swim]

demo and Matt I thought of this last night. Having sifted throught the deleted contribution posts I noticed many where from the 90's. Long before the everyone had internet world with publiclly searchable databases from your couch. In the early 90's signing a petition would have gone unnoticed even though theey where public because so few would have immediate access to them. Now that has changed. My main reason for not signing the one referendum petition I agreed with was I did not want to be data mined by Niel Parrot and his group. Best believe that information will eventually be sold much like others do.

That said in this day and age private companies and yes schools enjoy the ability to decide what image they want. Also remember she has not been fired or not payed she has simply been temporarily relieved of her duties. My guess is they will wait until this blows over and then slip her back in.

[demopublican]

No way. She will be fired after the election.
Her next job will be at a HBCU.

[Baltimatt]

She's been reinstated.

The suspension in October of Angela McCaskill, the chief diversity officer at the federally chartered university for the deaf and hard of hearing, provoked a wave of controversy. An online petition supporting her quickly drew thousands of signatures.

Her reinstatement was announced Monday in an e-mail to students, staff and faculty from university President T. Alan Hurwitz. “I personally look forward to working with Dr. McCaskill,” he said.

[demopublican]

No way. She will be fired after the election.
Her next job will be at a HBCU.

I am happy to say I was wrong.
Although I find the very idea that a school needs a Diversity Officer to be a joke in the first place.
I have to wonder how long she will be able to work there. I would expect some backlash from the uber liberal students and professors.

[sigmalady]

That said in this day and age private companies and yes schools enjoy the ability to decide what image they want. Also remember she has not been fired or not payed she has simply been temporarily relieved of her duties. My guess is they will wait until this blows over and then slip her back in.

Looks like you were correct.

[Saticon3]

I am happy to say I was wrong.
Although I find the very idea that a school needs a Diversity Officer to be a joke in the first place.
I have to wonder how long she will be able to work there. I would expect some backlash from the uber liberal students and professors.

Maybe they need a diversity officer to prove that they are diverse for times such as like qualifying for fed grants, money etc, and student fin. aid programs and such.

[demopublican]

Maybe they need a diversity officer to prove that they are diverse for times such as like qualifying for fed grants, money etc, and student fin. aid programs and such.

They need a diversity officer to ensure that people look different but think the same.