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...Houston, the Missouri Synod Lutherans closed their triennial convention with a resolution condemning marriages with Roman Catholics as "diametrically opposed to the eternal truths of God." Such marriages, said the resolution, involve a sinful promise or oath, violate the Christian conscience, and condemn "unborn children to the soul-destroying religion of the antichrist...
...committee decided to appeal to the New York State Commissioner of Education, and on December 12 field a petition. Only then did the Harrison Board of Education give way; it added "unlawful" to the oath. The petitioners still objected, and a decision is now pending...
Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia fell victim to pressure more specific than a loyalty oath. The Legion post in Huntington matched its "guidebooks" with the proposed lecture series at Marshall College and found three similarities: Margaret Bourke-White, a Life photographer; Paul Engle, a poet; and Professor Max Lerner of Brandels University. The Legionaires protested vigorously, and finally, the President of the College cancelled the three lectures...
...were never held, research conclusion never expressed, political activity never taken up, humanitarian caused that failed because teachers were afraid a sign their names to anything. The political stagnation on American campuses is as much a testimony to the decay of academic freedom as any fired professor or loyalty oath...