Post by Logan on Jun 17, 2016 4:49:03 GMT -6
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. says the deletion of a chapter on human sexuality from a psychology course is not evidence of “a homophobic agenda” but rather of a “commitment to best practices in the classroom and beyond.”
Falwell issued a statement Wednesday in response to a Richmond Times-Dispatch article about student objections to a custom-ordered Psychology 101 textbook that was missing the chapter on sexual motivation and orientation.
Student concerns that the deletion represented an anti-gay bias “could not be further from the truth,” Falwell said.
“At Liberty we believe firmly in academic freedom for our faculty and a commitment to the free and open exchange of ideas,” his statement said. “This is in stark contrast to many major universities where students are often ridiculed in the classroom for expressing ideas that faculty deem to be politically incorrect and protests often result in speakers being disinvited from appearing because of their viewpoints.”
Read more: www.newsadvance.com/news/local/no-anti-gay-bias-at-liberty-university-falwell-says/article_b77daa50-336e-11e6-840e-8778d4c9b67f.html
Falwell issued a statement Wednesday in response to a Richmond Times-Dispatch article about student objections to a custom-ordered Psychology 101 textbook that was missing the chapter on sexual motivation and orientation.
Student concerns that the deletion represented an anti-gay bias “could not be further from the truth,” Falwell said.
“At Liberty we believe firmly in academic freedom for our faculty and a commitment to the free and open exchange of ideas,” his statement said. “This is in stark contrast to many major universities where students are often ridiculed in the classroom for expressing ideas that faculty deem to be politically incorrect and protests often result in speakers being disinvited from appearing because of their viewpoints.”
Read more: www.newsadvance.com/news/local/no-anti-gay-bias-at-liberty-university-falwell-says/article_b77daa50-336e-11e6-840e-8778d4c9b67f.html