PERSECUTION WATCH:Are evangelicals persona non grata at universities?

Emily Brooker,a student in Missouri State's(MSU)School of Social Work,had religious objections to an assignment made by professor Frank Kaufman.Little did she know how much trouble her objections would cause.According to the Alliance Defense Fund(ADF),which wound up helping Brooker,Kaufman told all his students to write a letter to the Missouri legislature expressing support for homosexual adoption,and for each individual student to sign his or her name to it.As an evangelical Christian,Brooker refused to do so,and the full weight of the school's power fell on her.She was charged with violating three of the school's"Standards of Essential Functioning":diversity,interpersonal skills andprofessional behavior.Furthermore,ADF said,Brooker was forced to undergo a two-and-a-half hour grilling from an "ethics" committee,which asked her questions pertaining to personally-held religious beliefs such as"Do you think gays and lesbians are sinners?"Was this an isolated and bizarre case of persecution?After all,for the last 40 years,American society has tried to make the trip from high school to college as easy and universal as possible.Everyone,it seems,is encouraged to go to college.Increasingly,however,many Christians are discovering that they are the one group that isn't exactly welcomed with open arms....
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