The following comes from an October 13 Life Legal Defense Foundation news release:
A year and a half ago, a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara assaulted young pro-life activists engaged in protected First Amendment activities on campus.
Mireille Miller-Young, a feminist studies professor specializing in pornography, led a mob of pro-abort students against the pro-lifers, stole and destroyed their sign, and later physically battered one of the pro-life girls.
Fortunately, two of the pro-lifers caught most of the criminal behavior on video. These quick-thinking young women, Joan and Thrin Short, are the daughters of our Vice-President of Legal Affairs, Katie Short, and therefore not likely to let the abortion culture get away with anything.
Prof. Miller-Young was convicted of grand theft, vandalism, and battery and sentenced, in August 2014, to 108 hours of community service, ten hours of anger management, and three years of probation. In addition, she was required to pay a small amount in fines and restitution.
Shortly thereafter, LLDF filed suit on behalf of Joan and Thrin, as well as the other pro-life activists who were also victimized by Miller-Young.
Good news! The defendants (Miller-Young, the University of California, and some students who acted as the professor’s accomplices) decided to settle. Although the pro-life plaintiffs are bound by a confidentiality agreement, they can report that they are very satisfied with the agreement reached.
Katie Short said, “During discovery, we learned that the University never disciplined Prof. Miller-Young for her misconduct. But the nonchalance went deeper than that. Neither the University nor the faculty even initiated an investigation that could have resulted in discipline. Criminal acts, including those deliberately targeting the free exchange of ideas, are not a matter of serious concern for U.C. Santa Barbara.”
Bravo ladies! You truly are the Church Militant and I applaud your actions. God Bless you both! :)
UC-BS = Home to some of the most Vicious Misandrist Hatemongers in Academentia, which is The Tenure Track.
However:
Legal Scholars Urge Americans to Defy Gay Marriage Ruling
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/sam-dorman/legal-scholars-urge-americans-defy-supreme-courts-gay-marriage-ruling
The American Principles Project released a statement with signatories from multiple universities, colleges, and others – urging government officials and citizens “to resist” the Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that declared same-sex marriage a constitutionally-protected right.
The statement argues that the decision was unconstitutional and harmful to society – “lacking anything remotely resembling a warrant in the text, logic structure…
Meanwhile, she is still a professor there.
The CSUEB (Cal State Uni. East Bay) ‘Catholic Ministry’ provided a great example of this type Radical Misandrist Activism – during a “Catholic Social Justice” session hosted by the All Saints Hayward Parish’s CSUEB club – with featured speaker Mary Doyle there to Recruit Catholic Students to join the “Occupy” Riots in Oakland.
Such is ‘Social Justice’ in so much of ‘Catholic’ Academentia
SEE
Catholic Activists Lead Calls For Social Justice – Many lament that younger parishioners don’t join them
Chronicle Religion Writer (03)
Mary Doyle, who directs social justice work for the Diocese of Oakland…
Tenure – that’s why the professor has no fear. A guaranteed job for life once
they have tenure. Please name any other profession that has such a privilege.
It’s crazy ! They should be held accountable for their actions in or out of the classroom.
Christians Must Go on Offense Against the Neo-Barbarians
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/john-horvat-ii/christians-must-not-retreat-culture-undermines-their-faith-and-destroys
Many conservatives are facing the brutal reality of a culture that undermines their Faith and destroys their values. Not a few have made the logical comparison to the Christians facing both the Roman… the tendency of modern Christians is to write off today’s establishment and net-barbarians…
– Saint Benedict confronted and actively engaged the culture… and composed there his famous Rule to govern his communities.
His monasteries not only defied the dominant decadent culture but actually became centers of influence and culture themselves wherever they…
Good for Katie Short. You should read her bio:
https://lldf.org/faculty/catherine-short/
I especially love the last line. Awesome lady!
Atlanta officials in court: Christian city employees not allowed to express their beliefs
” . . . when you’re a city employee, and those thoughts, beliefs and opinions are different from the city’s, you have to check them at the door.” https://canadafreepress.com/article-disqus/76075
ust in case you’ve forgotten, gay rights and gay marriage won’t affect you in any way. Remember that promise? Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t enter into one. That’s all you have to do and you’re square, bro.
But that was always a lie, and as we’ve discussed in this space many times, the gay marriage and gay rights movements were never really about what they claimed to be about at all. They were always about marginalizing Christians and creating legal…
Atlanta officials in court: Christian city employees not allowed to express their beliefs
” . . . when you’re a city employee, and those thoughts, beliefs and opinions are different from the city’s, you have to check them at the door.” https://canadafreepress.com/article-disqus/76075
They were always about marginalizing Christians and creating legal pretexts to punish Christians simply for practicing the faith.
Few cases demonstrate this better than that of decorated Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, who was fired despite an exceptional record in the job because – entirely outside the workplace – he wrote a Bible study guide that affirmed the biblical view of homosexuality and other issues.
This is a good start. Praise God. Would be nice if she would have been let go too from her job but at least this gives our pro-life voice a victory and gives prolifers the right to free speech without being harrassed by these liberals.
I admire the bravery of these wonderful, young Catholic pro-life ladies! Bless them!