Howell, who taught Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought, says he was fired at the end of the spring semester after sending an e-mail explaining some Catholic beliefs to his students preparing for an exam.
"Natural Moral Law says that Morality must be a response to REALITY," he wrote in the e-mail. "In other words, sexual acts are only appropriate for people who are complementary, not the same."
An unidentified student sent an e-mail to religion department head Robert McKim on May 13, calling Howell's e-mail "hate speech." The student claimed to be a friend of the offended student. The writer said in the e-mail that his friend wanted to remain anonymous.
"Teaching a student about the tenets of a religion is one thing," the student wrote. "Declaring that homosexual acts violate the natural laws of man is another."
I don't see where he said that about the natural law. He just said appropriate. So they fired him for have old-fashioned values and letting one slip?
Honestly, I'm not here to judge anyone, but they fired a guy for having integrity toward the subject he's teaching? Maybe they were just looking for an excuse. Did they get rid of the whole class or was it just the teacher?