The Christian Post website reports today (April 8, 2011) that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a North Carolina university's decision to deny a professor a promotion based on religious and political commentary -- inspired by his conversion to Christianity from atheism -- is unconstitutional.
A three-member panel ruled that University of North Carolina-Wilmington professor Mike Adams' political activities constituted protected, private speech and that university officials could be held personally liable for damages, should Adams ultimately prevail in the case.
The court said in its opinion, "No individual loses his ability to speak as a private citizen by virtue of public employment."
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