Contents:
- NEW: PROVINCE COLLEGE STUNTS TO HOLD GAY MARRIAGE RALLY
- PROVINCE COLLEGE CANCELS GAY MARRIAGE LECTURE BY JOHN CORVO, GAY PROFSOR [UPDATE]
- PROVINCE COLLEGE IGNORG POPE FRANCIS'S ADVICE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- PROVINCE COLLEGE FACULTY SENATE TO DISCS GAY-MARRIAGE LECTURE NTROVERSY
- PROVINCE COLLEGE CRICIZED FOR NCELG GAY-MARRIAGE LECTURE
- PROVINCE COLLEGE NONTS GAY REALY
NEW: PROVINCE COLLEGE STUNTS TO HOLD GAY MARRIAGE RALLY
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The Rho Island Stunts for Equaly (RISE) has anized a seri of mp ralli across the state to monstrate llege stunts’ active support for two gay marriage bills the state’s Hoe and Senate. "Prevly:John Corvo, the chairman of Wayne State Universy's philosophy partment, was abptly unved to Province College, a Catholic universy, where he was due to give a lecture tled, "The Meang of (Gay) Marriage" on Thursday, reports the New York Tim.
Corvo is a supporter of gay marriage and often engag iendly bat wh relig opponents of same-sex marriage. Corvo mented on the timg of the ncellatn, which occurred shortly after Pope Francis' recent terview which he said the Church was too 'obssed' wh gays and abortn. "Pope Francis says, 'You are our brothers and sisters, we love you and wele you, ' but this cint says somethg very the rpons om stunts and alums of Province College here:RelatedChristianystunt prottsGay MarriageRoman Catholic Churchamic eedom.
PROVINCE COLLEGE CANCELS GAY MARRIAGE LECTURE BY JOHN CORVO, GAY PROFSOR [UPDATE]
John Corvo’s lecture, entled “The Meang of (Gay) Marriage, " was schled to take place on Thursday at Province College. Province College has nceled a lecture support of same-sex marriage by gay philosophy profsor John Corvo, cg a Catholic Church document, which stat that the church “should not honor those who act fiance of our fundamental moral prcipl.
“Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s new lear, has been jtly celebrated for his welg tone toward gays and lbians. Corvo’s lecture—entled The Meang of (Gay) Marriage—was approved by var partment heads at the school and was -sponsored by ne partments-cludg the Black Studi Department, the Development of Wtern Civilizatn Program, The Feste Instute, the Global Studi program, the Philosophy Department, the Pre-Law Program, the Public and Communy Service Department, the Soclogy Department, and the Women’s Studi Program. Gay Marriage Rho Island: GoLol Coverage Highlights.
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PROVINCE COLLEGE IGNORG POPE FRANCIS'S ADVICE ON GAY MARRIAGE
Province College may have taken that advice to a b too lerally, as is now refg to talk about the issu at Roman Catholic Province College announced the ncellatn of a pre-planned lecture om John Corvo, who had been set to speak on supportg gay marriage, acrdg to The New York Tim. " In a personal blog post, Corvo — the chairman of the philosophy partment at Wayne State Universy — noted the obv and damagg ntrast between the Catholic lear and the amic-relig llege: “Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s new lear, has been jtly celebrated for his welg tone toward gays and lbians. " Those statements e on the heels of his open ments on gays, specifilly late July: "If they accept the Lord and have goodwill, who am I to judge them?
Fred Drogula, print of the Province College Faculty Senate, plans at the Senate's next meetg to raise the issue of the school's ntroversial cisn to ncel a lecture on gay that time, the Senate will discs what actn--if any--to take rponse to the admistratn's actn. Drougla said that the officers of the PC chapter of the Amerin Associatn of Universy Profsors will also ll a meetg to discs whether the admistratn's actn requir some rponse by the lol or natnal 's provost, Hugh Lena, cid last weekend to ncel a lecture on gay marriage by a well-known philosopher schled for Thursday.
PROVINCE COLLEGE FACULTY SENATE TO DISCS GAY-MARRIAGE LECTURE NTROVERSY
-- The Province College chapter of the Amerin Associatn of Universy Profsors lled the ncellatn of a lecture on gay marriage "ntrary to the norms for amic eedom. PROVIDENCE — Province College’s cisn to ncel a lecture on gay marriage is an afont to amic eedom, acrdg to the philosophy profsor whose vatn was rcd shortly before his Corvo, chairman of the philosophy partment at Wayne State Universy Detro, said he was ved Febary to speak at PC by ne mp partments and anizatns.
PROVINCE COLLEGE CRICIZED FOR NCELG GAY-MARRIAGE LECTURE
26 lecture, tled “The Meang of (Gay) Marriage, ” was an email to the faculty, Provost Hugh Lena said the event vlated llege policy. ”The provost’s cisn me after Pope Francis lled on the church to move beyond s foc on abortn, birth ntrol and gay marriage, emphasizg mercy and love ced a 2004 statement by the U. Corvo, thor of “What’s Wrong wh Homosexualy?
Members of the gay and lbian muny on mp are circulatg a petn askg PC’s print, the Rev. ”Another stunt wrote, “Acrdg to Catholic teachg, gay marriage is objectively wrong and a Catholic stutn has every right to prevent a lecture that would portray an objectively wrong actn as right. WSU gay marriage advote reved to Rho Island Catholic llege to bate gay marriage (Detro Free Prs).
Admistratn and stunt life personnel were eager to addrs issu raised by homosexualy a way that would "show grace and unrstandg, " be "proactive, " and rpond posively to the cultural i whout promisg "re valu, " says news of Puranen's viewpot spread through the llege's wir nstuency, the board of ernors remend a thorough, long-term procs for the llege and engaged two nsultants to make remendatns and munite wh staff and Bell, a retired prison chapla wh a doctorate nflict rolutn and area mister for the Baptist Central Conference, and Randy Goossen, director of muny psychiatry wh the Wnipeg Regnal Health Authory, offered their expertise to the llege as the admistratn and stunt body worked through their qutns. Homosexualy do not feature the 12-pot Covenant of Fah outlg Province's doctral orientatn. " And "supportg or promotg homosexual relatns, activy, nduct, or anizatns, mon law relatnships, sexual asslt or harassment are not acceptable.
PROVINCE COLLEGE NONTS GAY REALY
"Our biggt challenge is how to al wh thgs as Christ would–on all issu, " says Province muny's procs of clarifyg and rpondg to homosexualy an appropriate Christian manner is also promptg closer examatn of the stunt life venant and school's missn statement. "Province has no policy prohibg stunts whose sexual orientatn is homosexual.