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Without knowing why exactly the professor quit his job all conclusions is merely guesswork. Life got devastatingly "real" for his wife of thirty years when the marriage ended. The professor has told no one why the marriage ended and why that constituted a breach of contract or Christian ethics that was expected of him from the institution in which he worked.

One Catholic hospital had a policy for its heads of departments: no divorce who was remarried could occupy that position since the Catholic church does not allow remarriage of divorcees. The strict rule applied only to the top positions.

Unfair? It depends on how one chooses to look at the issue. All corporations have their own policies that their employees have to abide by. If the Catholic hospital made it clear that no man in the top job could go against their Catholic understanding of Christianity and wanted only those who modeled those values to be at the top, it was within their right legally. The
Catholic hospital wanted top men to reflect Catholic values not just be competent professionally.

A remarried divorcee would not apply as he/she does not fulfill the eligibility criteria. The remarried divorcee could apply for jobs elsewhere. Anyone accepting a position knowing the policy cannot claim they did not know what they were in for and expect the institution to change its policies for his/her convenience if their life situation changed down the road.

Whether the Catholic stand on prohibiting remarriage for divorcees is right, is a different issue altogether. It is a religious debate and not a legal one.

Anonymous,

Sometimes, life isn't fair. But that doesn't preclude us from honoring our commitments.

My wife and I have been married 15 years (but who's counting!). In our wedding vows, we included the words, "divorce is not an option." Granted, that alone wouldn't prohibit my wife from ever divorcing me (God forbid!), but I would certainly accept any ramifications that resulted.

In this case, BOTH parties lived up to the agreement that was signed and in doing so, held each other accountable - which is truly biblical.

Actually, three parties entered that contract, but only two signed it.

The professor signed it, Wheaton signed it, but his wife didn't sign it. Yet he resigned his job. We don't know who initiated or what caused the marriage to end in a fashion that he thought would be unacceptable by his employer. But clearly his wife had some say over the future of the marriage.

And by extension, his employment.

I wonder if she can sue Wheaton, as he is now unemployed.

I'd love to see how that would play out in court, personally.

Thank God that God took us into ACCOUNT when He came up with His Plan.

Take care, be ready.

Sincerely, Thomas Paul Moses Baum.

Could we be bigger apologists? It's not JUDGING - it's called ACCOUNTABILITY. Learn the difference.

Without evening touching on whether or not the "biblical standards clause" at Wheaton is moral or justified, the fact of the matter is this: He signed a contract. Period. You don't want a morals clause in your contract? Don't work there.

The contract didn't say, "well, if something does come up - we'll try and give you the benefit of the doubt." In this case, BOTH parties lived up to the agreement that was signed and in doing so, held each other accountable - which is truly biblical.

Thomas, you still here? I expected you to be beamed up by now.

But you do have a point. Jesus said, "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." That tells us that all Christians are sinners. "W" said, "we are all sinners." That takes care of the Republicans. And the Bishop decreed a vote for Kerry a sin. That only leaves Rip Van Winkle and I hear he's about to finally wake up. When he goes to buy a bucket of oats for that old sway backed horse he'll surely take the Lord's name in vein.

In the article, it is written, "Wheaton asks its professors and other employees to sign an agreement saying they will uphold biblical standards of behavior and transgressions, the Chicago Tribune reported last week."

In the bible, it is written that none of us fallible human beings have lived up to the "biblical standards", does that mean that ALL of the professors and other employees should quit too?

Just wondering?

Take care, be ready.

Sincerely, Thomas Paul Moses Baum.

Without my usual, "the Bible is the word of Devil" and that explains it maybe there's more to this story than that. There is the "Fair Employment" act that has been used by ugly fat women, and men to attempt "court ordered" employment at Hooters, as an extreme example.

Does any law, the constitution even apply to religion other than to certify it? Doesn't the equal opportunity act apply to Wheaton? It does forbid discrimination based upon race, religion, color, national origin and more doesn't it? This is a free country where one is allowed to change one's religion? So the man changed faith to one that filled his spiritual needs.

Haven't required employment agreements of the nature stated also been nullified by the courts? Almost forgot, we don't want judges legislating.

Does any law of any kind apply to religion. Maybe that fellow who said that religion has America in a strangle hold is onto something?

"Wheaton asks its professors and other employees to sign an agreement saying they will uphold biblical standards of behavior and transgressions..."

Such an agreement would be held by the courts to be "void for vagueness".

A criminal statute that included the phrase "biblical standards of behavior and transgressions" would be unconstitutional for the same reason.

What was the professor supposed to do - keep slaves and stone adulteresses?

See that witches (wiccans) suffered death?

The prof should have sued to void that provision and kept his job.

"Indeed he's not fit to teach the Bible."

He's not. He's a professor of English and creative writing, not religion, philosophy, or history. And he's absolutely right. It's more of a life lesson for those kids to learn that people should not abandon their beliefs when life throws them a curve.

oooooops --- mistake in the last post:

He should be forgiven as he repents. The church is not to judge but to be merciful.

"But in the long run I think the policy is not a good one, because in a sense it’s saying that Wheaton’s standards are higher than God’s. That’s an upside-down world."

Indeed he's not fit to teach the Bible. God's standards are way higher:

Be Holy for I am Holy (1 Peter, Leviticus)

Moses allowed for divorce because your hearts were hardened. (Matthew 5).

God does give us plenty of grace, but if the college desires for a more intense pursuit of God and of holiness, and if the professors signed to it --- they should not object now.

But of course he should not be forgiven as he repents. As for whether Wheaton will take him on again after that, it's a different matter altogether. At this point, he doesn't sound repentant.

Someone said,

"MODERN MORALiTY is Superior To BiBLiCAL-MORALITY, any Day, Any TiME & Future-Bound & space-Forth Wise!"

Moral of the story? Don't work for delusional crackpots if you can avoid it.

Action speak louder than words. If he can't be a good example, he's not suppose to teach.

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Quite frankly, I don't understand why anyone would ever enter into an employment contract that allowed employers such intrusiveness into one's personal life.

Since the professor won't say why he's getting a divorce, the school has no way of even knowing if he is a willing party to the divorce. It's entirely possible that his wife initiated the divorce for reasons that had nothing to do with any misbehavior on anyone's part, and he simply wishes to deal with the situation in as civil a manner as possible, which includes not discussing the matter with his employers.
Seems to me that as long as he's been at the school and with an apparently commendable record, they should give him the benefit of the doubt.