College professor & LA City Council candidate Loraine Lundquist has come under fire by her campaign rival for teaching at a college that did not allow queer students, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The charges come from Lundquist’s campaign rival, City Councilman John Lee, who has accused her of enforcing discriminatory practices. “Lundquist made a conscious decision as an adult to teach at and cash a paycheck from a school with a discriminatory policy,” the Lee campaign alleged in a statement.
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Ludquist, an astrophysics professor, once taught the subject at her Alma Matter, Principa College in Illionis. The school labels itself as a “Christian Science community of practice.” A school newspaper article has since revealed that while she studied and taught at Principa, the school enforced “an unwritten agreement among admissions and the administration” to not allow queer students.
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Lundquist, for her part, denies the charges, calling them “shockingly misleading.” This is not the first time she’s come under scrutiny for her time at Principa College. Last year, the Stonewall Democratic Club raised questions about her involvement at Principa before ultimately endorsing the candidate.
DCFarmboy
Workers are not responsible for the policies of their bosses.
Hdtex
Actually….they ARE.
jayceecook
By choosing to work or to continue to work at a job with such policies is your responsibility. If your boss made it a policy to spit in customer’s food would you be defending that person if they got caught? She made her choice. Now it’s coming back to haunt her. More than once it seems.
I “self terminated” at a job because I refused to follow a very unfair and unethical policy implemented by the company and enforced by my bosses. People do it all the time. It’s hard and comes with a lot of risk if you have nothing immediately lined up. I was lucky to find work after a couple months. I know that’s not the reality for everyone.
Instead of just accepting that she made a judgment call not in line with her political beliefs she’s trying to play both sides. There’s no honor in that.
DCFarmboy
They are not.
Hdtex
They ARE. What a stupid comment.
Kieran
BREAKING: Bette Midler fires off a new tweet gay shaming Senator Lindsey Graham. Graham is in LOVE with Ric Grenell. HA HA, he’s a gay boy!! Get it? Isn’t that HILARIOUS?
Chrisk
Good. The Lindsey Bell the closet case needs to be gay shamed.
Kangol2
But is he? You’re clearly enamored with and mesmerized by Grenell. And Drumpf for that matter.
BTW, has either one condemned Saudi Arabia’s extreme anti-gay laws and actions?
storm45701
Girl, that is a man
Man About Town
Yo Dave: it’s spelled Alma Mater!
Kangol2
Queerty, it’s Principia College, not Principa. Just saying.