Friday, March 30, 2012

TX Professor Reprimanded for Refusing to Watch Vulgar Gay Play at Lamar University in Beaumont

Wow, this happened right here in southeast Texas.

A theater arts department professor, Linda Ozmun, at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX had no problem doing her job. She was teaching kids about theater arts. That was her job and she was doing it just fine. The school wanted more than that though. According to a lawsuit that the terminated professor filed, the school chairwoman Judith Sebesta, and eventually the Dean, told her that she had to attend a vulgar gay pride play, by Tim Miller, or else she would be terminated. The professor is a Christian who did not want to go to a vulgar gay pride play. It was not part of her job and she would not be working at the gay play. The school just wanted her to personally go see the play. This gay play had been planned once before at the college but it was cancelled after the community complained that it would be too offensive and vulgar. The play was brought back though and the professor requested a reasonable accommodation to be excused from attending this offensive production. The dean of her college refused this simple accommodation and threatened plaintiff with disciplinary action if she failed to attend the performance. Because of her religious beliefs, plaintiff failed to attend the performance and as a result she was disciplined for her religious beliefs. Lamar University has discriminated against this professor on the basis of her religious beliefs in violation of the Texas anti-discrimination laws.

As Americans, we should tolerate other lifestyles. If someone wants to be gay then that is up to them and we cannot force them not to be gay. on the other hand, Americans should never be forced to accept an alternate lifestyle as normal or be forced to go to a gay play in violation of that person's Christian beliefs. That is the homosexual agenda though. They claim they just want to be tolerated but in reality, they will not be happy until they have forced Americans to accept their lifestyle as normal and right. They will not be happy until they force Christian organizations to provide health coverage that includes sex changes. They will not be happy until they have indoctrinated out children that they are bad if they do not agree with homosexuality, like this Fort Worth, TX kids who got suspended for simply BELIEVING that homosexuality is wrong. They will not be happy until they have forced states to recognize their relationships as a marriage even though the people have voted that marriage is only between a man and a woman.

from Courthouse News Service:
Gay Dances Were Too Much, Professor Says
BEAUMONT, Texas (CN) - A former tenure-track theater and dance professor claims in court that Lamar University administrators unfairly reprimanded her for refusing, for religious reasons, not to attend a gay
performance artist's show on campus.

     Linda Ozmun sued Lamar University and its Theater and Dance Department Chairwoman Judith Sebesta, in Jefferson County Court.

     "In the fall of 2010, the Department of Theatre and Dance wanted to bring to campus an 'artist' named Tim Miller," Ozmun says in her complaint. "Mr. Miller is an openly homosexual man who advocates for normalizing sexuality and for homosexual marriage.

     "His one-man show is about his homosexual lifestyle using obscene language and sexual gestures. As a result of complaints from the community, his visit along with his performance was canceled.
     "In response to the cancellation, several theatre students organized a show called 'Coming Out Collective.' It was billed as a celebration of homosexuality.

     "Because of her religious beliefs, plaintiff did not attend the show. After the show in December 2010, defendant Judith Sebesta, chair of the department questioned plaintiff as to why she failed to attend the event.

     "Plaintiff explained to Mrs. Sebesta that her religious beliefs prevented her from attending the event."
     Ozmun, who was in her fourth year teaching at the university, says that in her annual review, Sebesta "included plaintiff's failure to attend the event as part of her evaluation, and gave her a grade of 'unacceptable.'"

     Ozmun claims she then "followed university policies and filed a grievance, which was returned and noted 'unheard.'"

     When the university decided to bring Tim Miller back to perform his show, Ozmun says, the college dean "threatened plaintiff with disciplinary action if she failed to attend the performance."

     "In the fall of 2011 semester, the University did bring Tim Miller ... to Lamar," the complaint states. "The purpose was two-fold: Perform his show 'Glory Box,' and conduct a workshop and student performance with students of Lamar 'to help them find their voice.' Plaintiff contacted defendant and requested a reasonable accommodation to be excused from attending this offensive production. The dean of her college refused this simple accommodation and threatened plaintiff with disciplinary action if she failed to attend the performance.

     "Because of her religious beliefs, plaintiff failed to attend the performance and as a result she was disciplined for her religious beliefs.

     "Defendants have discriminated against plaintiff on the basis of her religious beliefs in violation of the Texas anti-discrimination laws."

     Ozmun says the university also retaliated against her for filing a discrimination claim against it. Ozmun no longer teaches at Lamar University.

     She seeks, lost wages, actual damages, punitive damages and "reinstatement of her position with any adverse evaluations expunged from her record."

     Ozmun is represented by Barry Bennett with Eddins & Bennett and Michael McGown with Benckenstein, Norvell & Nathan, both of Beaumont.

12 comments:

  1. yea know what happens when you no call no show and a mandatory work time? you get fired she has the rights to religiously object to the play just as much as lamar had the right to terminate her.... hell she could have used the advice the west Virginia governor and just close her eyes... it was an obligation of her job whether she liked it or not and she made that conscious decision to defy based on her morals so outrage here is not warranted.. she pretty much quit cause she didnt want to watch a gay play.... this job market this economy?

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  2. this is a PUBLIC government entity. There are rules that have to be followed and the government cannot force someone to watch a gay performance as part of the government job. That is in no way part of her job as a professor. This is sick. They were not even going to show the play at first because of the community outrage. They wanted to push a homosexual message on people. I bet Lamar would never force a muslim professor to go to this play. They are anti christian hypocrites

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    1. homosexual message to what??? convert the non gays seriously theres no way in hell someone could convince me to be gay just like you cant convince a gay person to be straight are you that insecure your worried of someone turning you gay

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  3. David bellow is a waste of time with this blog

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  4. no but you can force a theatre arts teacher FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOB thats why she got fired not cause the beliefs of Lamar or the students that are preforming this play she chose on her own to protest this show....... you know if she was a commie pinko and was protesting cause it about traditional family values he would be championing this woman as rosa parks but no she just an idiot where ideology got in the way of common sense

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  5. I strongly agree with Mr. Bellows!

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  6. Keith Casey, Lamar U. alumni and U.S. Congressional Candidate-District 36 of Texas:

    Gentlemen,

    If the contents of the above story is indeed true... and I expect they are. Figuratively, the administration of the University should be firing the dean that did the firing... I will be following this story as it unfolds... I hope Jimmy Simmons knows how to quickly get involved in such matters to send the right message to both students and alumni.

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    1. common sense at last, I wouldn't go either.

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  7. That professor did not have to attend a gay sponsored play, musical if it violated her religious values. She does not have to close her eyes and should not have been terminated. What is wrong with people in Beaumont? I am a native and was once a student at Lamar. They have moved from racism towards the color of your skin to racism towards your gender beliefs. How sad and she should sue I hope and pray she wins!

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