A Follow-up on Emily Brooker

Emily Brooker. She was blogged about here. I'm glad to report there was a good ending to this story. After undergoing hostile interrogation by members of the faculty of Missouri State University, following her refusal to submit to a demand that she send a letter to the Missouri state legislature in support of adoption by homosexuals, the Alliance Defense Fund assisted her in filing a case in federal district court. The university settled. It removed the grievance from Emily's record and agreed to pay her tuition for two years of graduate school. The professor, who attempted to coerce Emily to violate her conscience, was removed from his administrative duties and placed on academic leave for the rest of the semester.

According to David French of the ADF:

"...the university announced the results of the investigation, and - to the administration's infinite credit - the report is not a whitewash. In fact, I've never read a more stinging indictment of an academic department. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the report was the authors' call for accountability and consequences. Here are their first two recommendations for fixing the problem:


"Close down the school; disband the faculty and restart the School after a short period...This option ensures ridding of all toxic faculty...

Eliminate those faculty who are identified as major contributors of the problem and find ways to remove them from the faculty..."

How about that. A call for genuine reform! This is what can result from the couragous stand of one young woman.