{"id":635,"date":"2010-11-15T13:26:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T18:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=635"},"modified":"2016-10-01T13:31:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T17:31:35","slug":"benedictine-univ-employee-fired-for-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/benedictine-univ-employee-fired-for-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedictine Univ. Employee Fired for Gay Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois resident Laine Tadlock, former director of Benedictine University&#8217;s education program, either resigned or was forced to resign (depending on whose story you believe) because of her same-sex marriage wedding announcement in the State Journal-Register. \u00a0Tadlock married her partner in Iowa\u00a0after that state\u2019s Supreme Court ruling allowing gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The university defended itself with the following statement: &#8220;The university, for valid and lawful reasons, decided that it would not be consistent with the university\u2019s mission as a Catholic institution of higher learning for Tadlock to continue in the office of program director of its education program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The university apparently tried first to reassign Tadlock to a different department. \u00a0When she refused, the university took her refusal as a resignation. \u00a0Here&#8217;s what one of the school&#8217;s bishops had to say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essential reason for the very existence of Catholic institutions of higher learning is to teach the truth. \u00a0One of these truths is that God intended marriage to be a life-giving and loving commitment between a man and a woman until parted by death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Benedictine University is to be commended for its fidelity to the truth in upholding the faith and morals as taught by the Catholic Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-636\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/2010\/11\/15\/benedictine-univ-employee-fired-for-gay-marriage\/g2e22e2000000000000c0a2c6bcf403888f9e9d4df590d186c0ec43ca1f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-636  \" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2010\/11\/g2e22e2000000000000c0a2c6bcf403888f9e9d4df590d186c0ec43ca1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laine Tadlock and her parter, Kae Helstrom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Read the whole article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rrstar.com\/news\/x298223088\/Benedictine-University-defends-actions-before-gay-womans-departure\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois resident Laine Tadlock, former director of Benedictine University&#8217;s education program, either resigned or was forced to resign (depending on 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