Professor W. King Mott of Seton Hall University holds fast to his
plans to teach a controversial new course, The Politics of Gay
Marriage, despite protests from the Newark, N.J., archbishop.
The Catholic university in New Jersey has been at the center of flare-ups between academics and religious leaders, usually centering on pro-choice speakers or award recipients but, according to the Star-Ledger newspaper, the focus has shifted to gay politics.
Archbishop John J. Myers, a member of the Seton Hall board of regents, said the class "is contrary to what the church teaches." The board convened in June to discuss the course. No official consensus was announced, but the course still appears on Seton Hall’s online registration forms.
“The class is happening," Mott said in the Star-Ledger. "I've never heard that it wasn't.” The class syllabus welcomes healthy discourse from both sides, stating, “All perspectives are welcome in this discussion.” Though the gay professor has clashed with officials in the past — he lost his post as College of Arts and Sciences associate dean after publicly opposing the church’s position on homosexuality — he said he never faced pressure from university officials to cancel the class.
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