SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A former student at Missouri State University in Springfield has won a legal settlement after she was formally punished for refusing to sign a letter supporting homosexual adoption.
Emily Brooker, who graduated from the university last May, faced intense interrogation from an ethics panel for more than two hours because her instructor accused her of the highest level of grievance an individual can bring against a student at the university. Brooker’s social work class was assigned a project promoting homosexual foster homes and adoption, which required students to write and sign a letter to the Missouri Legislature in support of homosexual adoption, according to Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), which filed the complaint on Brooker’s behalf.
During the interrogation, ethics panel members reportedly asked Brooker personally invasive questions such as "Do you think gays and lesbians are sinners?" and "Do you think I am a sinner?"
According to the settlement, Brooker’s academic record will be cleared, she will be paid cash for her attorney’s fees and her tuition will be waived for graduate school, according to The Springfield News-Leader newspaper in Missouri.
The professor who caused the problem has been put on nonclassroom duties for the rest of the semester.
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