Gay marriage course at Seton Hall
This semester I am incorporating an examination of California’s Prof. 8, the state proposition that bans same-sex marriage. We won’t get to it until about half way through the semester, but a course is being taught on the topic of same-sex marriage at Seton Hall, a Catholic university in New Jersey.
It appears Seton Hall University will offer a controversial course on gay marriage over the objections of Newark Archbishop John J. Myers, according to the professor scheduled to teach the class.The undergraduate seminar course — called “The Politics of Gay Marriage” — is to begin Tuesday with about two dozen students, said W. King Mott, an associate professor of political science.
“The class is happening. I’ve never heard that it wasn’t,” said Mott, who has sent the syllabus to the enrolled students.
The course is being taught by an openly gay man, already demoted from an high level administrative post of Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He was demoted after writing a letter challenging the church’s position on homosexuality.
I’m writing to ask him for a copy of the syllabus. Perhaps it’ll give us further material for discussing the issue with respect to the texts of King.
