I felt slapped in the face, stunned, and then. She explained that the sign made her want to bring intense pain upon the members of the church so that they could understand that faith alone is not reason enough to smile. One member of the church held up a sign to passing cars that read “SMILE! It’s Sunday!”Īccording to her own account, Downie flew into a fit of rage after she read the sign. Before the encounter, Downie had just learned that the 43-year-old husband of a distant friend had passed away suddenly.Īs both tragic circumstances weighed on her, Downie drove past a group of non-denominational Christians outside their local gathering space. Now, a blog post authored by Downie in January may provide some clarity as to why she would throw a student out of the classroom over a discussion about gender.ĭownie published a blog post entitled “Sunday Shaming,” in which she detailed a very brief encounter she had with a group of non-denominational Christians on a Sunday during her drive to visit her mentally disabled son in an alcohol abuse home. Religion professor Alison Downie, who threw a student out of her class for arguing that there are only two genders, published a blog post earlier this year explaining why a group of smiling Christians sent her into an unanticipated rage.Īlison Downie, a professor of religion at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, recently came under fire for throwing a student out of her Christianity course after he argued that there are only two genders.
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