A private, Christian university is firing a transgender professor, who began appearing as a woman on campus in 2005. The professor’s name is John Newecek, he is 55 years old, but goes by Julie Marie. Julie Marie often wears a dress and wig to class. Julie is an ordained Baptist minister and has worked for the school for 16 years.
“I have worked hard for this university, have been praised for my performance, and I have done nothing immoral or sinful,” Nemecek told the papers Sunday.
The school, in a letter stated; “We expect our faculty to model Christian character as an example for our students.”
Nemecak has filed a discrimination claim with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
This story dose raise a lot of questions. I find it particular that this same week Rev. Ted Haggard has marched out of his Arizona treatment center, well I should say his “restoration center,” Pastors are restored like old Corvettes or brownstone town homes. Us “every day” people are “treated”....Like cancer or rabies. Whatever the case, he has found himself “Completely Heterosexual.”
It’s not a battle of semantics. It’s a battle over this very resolved line. “What is Christian character? What is moral? I'm not trying to make the waters of character cloudy, I do see the black and the white, I see two sides. The agreeable thing about the modern age, is the options we are given. Such as gay or transgender groups like; www.godandgays.org and www.gaychurch.org.
The root of personal ethics is each persons own journey. The independence to travel along our own path is truly beautiful.
In fact, there's a new film out talking about more of this… www.godandgaysthemovie.com
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why do people think it is okay to run a business under the guise of religion, I mean every business wants to project an image and wants its employees to at least repercent that image to a certain degree, for some reason it just seems to get more of a rise from people when the "image" is based on religion or and sexual oritation. so with that said a guess i just dont know were the line is drawn between business ethics and personal freedom of expression.
Your right Sheldon.
It dose come down to Image and the fact that it’s a private university is due some respect.
I find issue with the Christian character bit. Rev Ted showed a lot of the exterior of Christian character but the depths of the man was appalling. And it’s not a gay thing. It’s a reality thing.
“Having sex with a male hooker in a hotel room next to the Denver Broncos stadium, while you wife and children are at home believing your off doing some gigantic godly work.” There is a clear victim. The fellow who wants to dress like a woman, who’s the victim? Do we imagine he is a massive perv? It’s faint line at times, other times the line is so so vivid.
I think the line is firmly drawn at ideology, rather then whether or not their is a victim. You can dress with or sleep with and hurt whoever you want- as long as you agree that it is/was wrong and you're sorry.
Your ideology, however physically or relationally harmless it may be, is cause for permanant outcast status if you cling to it.
There is, after all, nothing so dangerous as an Idea. The wrong idea or way of thinking is ultimately unforgivable if one refuses to be sorry for it.
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