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(Provo, Utah) A Brigham Young University professor who publicly spoke out against the Mormon Church's support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has been told he will not be returning to the school this fall.
Last month, in a letter read in all congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints senior officials of the denomination called on church members to lobby their senators to support the amendment.
The Church position rankled Jeffrey Nielsen, a Mormon and a part-time philosophy professor at the LDS Church-owned school.
In an op-ed article for The Salt Lake Tribune Nielsen went public with his opposition.
"I believe opposing gay marriage and seeking a constitutional amendment against it is immoral," he wrote in the article published June 4, before the Senate failed to pass the proposed amendment.
Four days later he was told his contract would not be renewed.
"In accordance with the order of the church, we do not consider it our responsibility to correct, contradict or dismiss official pronouncements of the church," he was told in a letter signed by Philosophy Department Chair Daniel Graham.
"Since you have chosen to contradict and oppose the church in an area of great concern to church leaders, and to do so in a public forum, we will not rehire you after the current term is over."
Despite the rebuke and the loss of his job Nielsen said he remains a devout member of the church.
Earlier this month Brigham Young disciplined five students for taking part in a pro-gay demonstration by Soulforce. The students joined members of the Equality Ride for two days of demonstrations against the school's policy on gays in April.
Brigham Young not only bars openly gay students from enrolment but makes public support for LGBT issues a punishable offence.
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