Alone and Unobserved

BYU Professor Fired for Stance on Gay Marriage

Well, the inevitable happened: BYU adjunct professor Jeffrey Nielsen (whose op/ed piece criticizing the LDS Church’s position on gay marriage ran on June 4 in the Salt Lake Tribune) “will not be rehired” once the current academic term is up. [Read the SLTrib article here.] In addition to reading the original opinion piece, you can also listen to an interview that aired on June 8 on KRCL’s call-in radio show, RadioActive.

The question is, how long will it take before his bishop or stake president decides to disfellowhip and/or excommunicate him?

Share|

Related posts:

1. BYU Teacher on Gay Marriage, Church History
2. BYU’s Anti-Gay Stance Known Overseas
3. Another Good Opinion Piece on Mormons vs. Gay Marriage
4. Gay Marriage or Bust: The Gayer the Better, the Tighter the Sweater, the Bois Depend on Us!
5. Reasons Mormons Shouldn’t Care about Gay Marriage (and Why They REALLY Do)

Like

Unlike

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 at 7:29 pm and is filed under BYU, current events, gay issues, mormon issues, religious issues. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

One Response to “BYU Professor Fired for Stance on Gay Marriage”

• The Illustrious Potentate Says:
  June 25th, 2006 at 4:44 pm

  You know as awful as it may seem. BYU acted within the law and had every right to fire him. The institution NEVER ever claimed to be a place of equality and shared belives.

  The key to all of this is what you said. “When will he be excomminucated?”

  Just a quick thought and opinion.