A professor who says Calvin University denied him tenure for his LGBTQ+ rights advocacy and then didn’t reappoint him for officiating a marriage between two queer community members is suing.
The "Petition to Defend Faculty, Academic Freedom, and LGBTQ+ Students" has gained hundreds of signatures so far. Calvin says it "deeply values input from the student body."
A researcher left Calvin University after officials questioned her same-sex marriage. Now the professor who officiated the ceremony has been denied reappointment for doing so.