{"id":4703,"date":"2010-07-29T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T17:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/07\/breaking-ken-howell-rehired.html"},"modified":"2010-07-29T17:36:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T17:36:01","slug":"breaking-ken-howell-rehired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/07\/breaking-ken-howell-rehired.html","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ken Howell rehired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/chi-ap-il-instructorfired,0,4652140.story\">Chicago Tribune: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe University of Illinois says an instructor who recently lost his job over a complaint about his religious beliefs can continue teaching. However, the university says it will pay those teaching Catholic-related courses rather than have them paid by a church group.<\/p>\n<p>The university said Thursday the St. John&#8217;s Catholic Newman Center will no longer pay adjunct instructors, like Kenneth Howell, who teach Catholicism courses.<\/p>\n<p>Howell taught Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought. He says he was fired at the end of the spring semester after sending an e-mail explaining Catholic beliefs on homosexual sex to his students.<\/p>\n<p>He says he was preparing the students for an exam. A student complained the e-mail amounted to hate speech.<\/p>\n<p>Howell could not be reached immediately for comment on the university&#8217;s decision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/2010\/07\/u-of-i-instructor-fired-in-catholic-gay-flap-can-teach-again.html\">More details here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Chicago Tribune: The University of Illinois says an instructor who recently lost his job over a complaint about his religious beliefs can continue teaching. However, the university says it will pay those teaching Catholic-related courses rather than have them paid by a church group. 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