At such a college academic freedom is really academic dogma. What would you expect?

Isn't that what the faculty signed up for when they chose to work at Calvin? I certainly wouldn't ever consider a job there, or many other institutions with similar philosophies, because of my own belief system. But it's certainly no mystery how Christian Reformed views homosexuality.

I'm baffled. How can anyone "advocate homosexuality"? It exists. It is just a fact of nature. What are faculty members at Calvin supposed to do? Ignore it? Get rid of homosexuals?

Unfortunately, this board of trustees seems not to want to take a sensible stand, which would be to say, "Homosexuality exists. It is stigmatized, but homosexuals will not be going away. So what can we do to help assure that those people are able to lead meaningful, honored lives, included in our community?"

Not to throw stones at these trustees of a Christian college, but that would be the Christian thing to do.

Clearly leejacobus and corbinsmyth are speaking out of their ignorance. If they knew Calvin College, they would know it values intellectual rigor. A large chunk o the faculty also protested when George Bush was invited to speak. Not all chrch affiliated colleges are identical. The real issue is the ongoing gap between the faculty and the board. The problem is not the faculty and academic administration but the trustees who don't know what academic freedom is about.

Clearly the frst two posters don't know Calvin College and are speaking from their ignorance. Not all church affiliated colleges are the same and Calvin is known for their intellectual rigor. This is a problem of the board, not the academic administration or the faculty.

As an alumnus of Gordon College, a conservative evangelical Protestant institution in Massachusetts, we went through similar controversies a generation ago over the prospect of Roman Catholic professors! It takes courage to stand up against trustees and an entrenched college administration. I applaud those faculty members at Calvin who are stretching the meaning and practice of academic freedom at their institution. Perhaps change is possible, over time, even at Calvin College; then too, only with a struggle!

As an alumnus of Gordon College, a conservative evangelical Protestant institution in Massachusetts, we went through similar controversies a generation ago over the prospect of Roman Catholic professors! It takes courage to stand up against trustees and an entrenched college administration. I applaud those faculty members at Calvin who are stretching the meaning and practice of academic freedom at their institution. Perhaps change is possible, over time, even at Calvin College; then too, only with a struggle!

So...I'm guessing gay professors need not apply for jobs at CC?

At colleges where there is 'academic freedom,' that freedom is circumscribed to exclude the Christian Faith. On those campuses, to challenge a prioris routinely made in history, science, and social sciences is ruthlessly countered. Science, you surely know, is also a mythic structure. Who has plumbed the essence of being? To exclude God out of hand is not freedom.