Here’s a blog on the US website First Things highlighting an increasing trend on US campuses whereby those who believe in traditional sexual morality are being subjected to intimidation and direct sanction, including dismissal.

It instances the case of Ken Howell who was sacked from his university (he has been provisionally reinstated) for teaching Catholic doctrine on homosexuality in a class on Catholic doctrine.

Much of what the article has to say applies to the wider world, and not just the US.

For example, given recent comments by Minister Ahern and Gormley regarding opponents of the Civil Partnership Act, they could usefully read this section of the article:

“People can be very cruel when they imagine their beliefs to be self-evident, which happens when all dissent is silenced and censured. In a group-think atmosphere, those who disagree are seen as unthinking “fundamentalists” or hateful “bigots.” Even the most highly qualified and nuanced moral statements about homosexuality will be denounced as “homophobic” if they fall short of a full and unqualified affirmation of homosexuality.

“Sexual liberation seems to have become the great moral cause. It is true that American schools expect ideological homogeneity on all manner of topics, and being pro-life or a person of faith—or even a Republican—can get you in trouble. But homosexuality alone seems to call forth the full repressive power of educational institutions.”