Pro-family professor faces punishment on discrimination charges
A tenured California professor engulfed in controversy surrounding his advocacy of traditional marriage is still awaiting a final sentence from his university after being found guilty of retaliation against a student last month.
Lopez’s troubles began in 2012, when he wrote an article for the online journal Public Discourse about struggles he experienced being raised by his lesbian mother and her partner. In it, he expressed support for Mark Regnerus, a University of Texas professor responsible for controversial research showing negative effects on children raised by LGBT parents. Within days of the story posting online, gay advocacy groups rallied against Lopez, including sending emails addressed to his university account and copied to colleagues and administrators.
A storm of backlash and disapproval followed. His dean soon after told him to hand over all emails concerning the Public...