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Gay marriage flap: Gallaudet reinstates official
Source: Associated Press
Gay marriage flap: Gallaudet reinstates official
BEN NUCKOLS | January 7, 2013 07:06 PM EST AP
WASHINGTON — The nation's leading university for the deaf and hard of hearing has reinstated its chief diversity officer, who was suspended for three months after signing a petition circulated by opponents of gay marriage in Maryland.
Gallaudet University president T. Alan Hurwitz announced the reinstatement of Angela McCaskill in an email Monday to students, faculty and staff. The brief statement didn't elaborate on the reasons for McCaskill's reinstatement, and university officials declined further comment.
Gallaudet is home to a prominent gay and lesbian community, and many on campus had said they were concerned that McCaskill was the wrong person to lead an office that promotes diversity.
But people on both sides of the gay marriage debate in Maryland, where McCaskill lives, had said she shouldn't be punished for exercising her First Amendment rights. The conservative Family Research Council was critical of Gallaudet, saying the university did not tolerate diverse points of view.
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BEN NUCKOLS | January 7, 2013 07:06 PM EST AP
WASHINGTON — The nation's leading university for the deaf and hard of hearing has reinstated its chief diversity officer, who was suspended for three months after signing a petition circulated by opponents of gay marriage in Maryland.
Gallaudet University president T. Alan Hurwitz announced the reinstatement of Angela McCaskill in an email Monday to students, faculty and staff. The brief statement didn't elaborate on the reasons for McCaskill's reinstatement, and university officials declined further comment.
Gallaudet is home to a prominent gay and lesbian community, and many on campus had said they were concerned that McCaskill was the wrong person to lead an office that promotes diversity.
But people on both sides of the gay marriage debate in Maryland, where McCaskill lives, had said she shouldn't be punished for exercising her First Amendment rights. The conservative Family Research Council was critical of Gallaudet, saying the university did not tolerate diverse points of view.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130107/us-gallaudet-gay-marriage/
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Just another bureaucrat. 
