Students Protest Religion Instructor's Removal

Kenneth Howell Lost Job After Complaint About His Stance On Homosexuality
Jul 15, 2010
URBANA, Ill.

A group of University of Illinois students are urging the school to reinstate a religion instructor who lost his job after a student complained that he engaged in hate speech by saying he agreed with Catholic doctrine on homosexuality.

Fliers opposing the firing of adjunct instructor Kenneth Howell have been put up around campus, including one that warns professors that "Teaching your course could cost you your career." Students also have set up a Facebook page in support of Howell.

"What upset me about this, and what's upset other people, is we kind of feel students' sensitivity is starting to dictate what is taught at the university," Eli Lazar, who was among the students putting up fliers, told The News-Gazette of Champaign. the rest