WASHINGTON — Gallaudet University has reinstated its chief diversity officer after a three-month paid suspension for signing a petition opposing Maryland’s same-sex marriage law.
Angela McCaskill
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The school’s president, T. Alan Hurwitz, announced the reinstatement of Angela McCaskill, associate provost of diversity and inclusion, in an email Monday to the University community.
In October 2012, the website PlanetDeafQueer reported that an unidentified Gallaudet faculty member filed a complaint with the university after discovering McCaskill had signed the petition that prompted the Nov. 6 referendum on the same-sex marriage law signed earlier in the year by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
A database of signatories that the Washington Blade published in July noted the signature of Angela Patrice McCaskill of Prince George’s County, Md.
Maryland voters upheld the law, and same-sex couples began marrying on January 1.
Hurwitz did not elaborate on the reasons for McCaskill’s reinstatement, and university officials declined further comment.
Gallaudet University, located in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Personal opinion should be protected, but those who hold administrative positions may not. How would the University respond if the CDO of a LGBT university spoke out against equal rights for the hearing impaired and deaf.
being LGB or T does not equate with a physical malady.
being LGBT is biological phenomenon villified by human society. It is as much about the body as needing a different language/tools to communicate. Grow up Terry.
FIRE her!
An executive or official who is responsible for an inferred anti-discrimination oversight should not be signing petitions of discrimination. It is contrary to her job duty and role with the academic institution. Her reinstatement should be contingent upon her showing an attitude and action of inclusion rather than discrimination.
She’s a diversity officer who doesn’t support diversity? She needs another career.
**Eyesrolls**
When I was looking to go to Gallaudet, this woman was nothing but kind to me, assisting me with navigating the campus and who to talk to about different thing, even though I was wearing a rainbow shirt that said “Yes I Am, and No, You Can’t Watch.” To me, it’s just like Christian JoPs who put their personal feelings aside and do their job. So what if she feels that way? If it doesn’t hinder her job, which there have been no reports of such, leave her alone about it.
Fire her!
They should never have suspended her. I wonder if she has a court case. That was shameful of Gally to do that.
Diversity Officer…. in what world??@?¿¿?
WTF??
Whatever her job title is, don’t we all have the right to freely express our opinions? Yes, we do. Is she perhaps ill suited to her position? Yes, I’d say so. But she is not doing anything wrong.
Another example that bigotry knows no boundary.