Grove City College, a Christian College in Western Pennsylvania, has suspended John Gechter, 21, for one year after a student saw him in a gay porn movie performing under the name of “Vincent DeSalvo.” It is not clear how the student came across this information.
Gechter is considering a lawsuit and insists that he did the work to pay for college. In an interview with a gay magazine, Gechter complained “Kids were throwing food at me in the cafeteria. I got 150 hate e-mails. And the thing is, it’s a Christian school… Where’s the love and humility? I’m very cynical about Christian institutions now.”
He insists that porn is an excellent way to work through college: “”Porn enabled me to finish school. Instead of working 40 hours a week as a busboy or a waiter, you do a scene and then you have time to concentrate on schoolwork.” He can make as much as $8000 per scene.
Ironically, this is even bigger news than the fact that the college has a case of swine flu, here — largely because it was believed that the pig was heterosexual.
Grove City College advertises as “authentically Christian” — as opposed to those pretender schools. The handbooks states “Premarital sex, heterosexual or homosexual, or any other such conduct that violates historical Christian standards.” That would appear to cover a career as a gay porn star.
While the action is unpopular among many of us who prefer academic institutions to foster pluralistic thought and lifestyles, the fact is that this college has a right to require compliance with its religious mission. Gechter choose this college and agreed to live under its rigid religious rules. I do not see the legal claim on such a question. Indeed, a court order in his favor would cut deeply into free exercise guarantees of the Constitution.
He appears to have worked about a compromise where he will be allowed his degree but not participate in the graduation — he can then run for the Louisiana Senate seat in 2010.
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See, Buddha is really George W. Bush in disguise…
“Buddha started it! Buddha is an instigator. Budda is a bad boy.”
Mission Accomplished.
Bron,
I’m sorry, I have a headache; besides only a real former/ex/good/bad/ugly lawyerly logician could answer your question, as I am woefully unqualified on all accounts.
However, there are lawyers within the aforementioned categories herein, who can provide the logistical reasoning you seek.
Furthermore, I have always wondered if any disbarred lawyers post on this blawg…not that there is anything wrong with that…
In addition, what kinda question is that to ask on a Saturday, anyway?
FFLEO:
by that logic then only bad lawyers are no longer lawyers and we can state that since bad lawyers leave we are left with good lawyers. So therefore all lawyers are good?
Bron98,
Buddha started it! Buddha is an instigator. Budda is a bad boy. Buddha is (was) a lawyer. No circular reasoning there, pure logic.
FFLEO:
that was even funnier than Buddhas joke!
Does the school take federal funds of any kind? If it takes pell grants or other financial aid would there not be a possible civil case? If it doesnt take an federal money, then they can do what they want and the kid should just bend over and take it.
Sheeit, $8000 for a single scene, hell it took me 2 months of hard work to make that kind of money when I was in school. In a way you cant blame the kid, the school probably cost about $40,000 per year. 5 scenes and he makes his nut, so to speak.
But I think porn of any kind is rather degrading for the participants. Look at most of the Playboy Bunnies, they dont do very well in life as a general rule.
Buddha:
good joke- bend over a page, very funny. When they get tired of that do they the turn the page?
“Think “bend over”…”
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Oh, I get it now; he dog-eared the page as a referencing index so that he knew what part of the page to return to…I mean, I do not understand the problem, who hasn’t been guilty of bending over a page, sure it damages the page, but many pages worldwide have been bent over in dog-eared fashion…
FFLEO,
Think “bend over” in the dirtiest context possible.
As to that piece of material I’m not the creator, just the messenger. It may have originally come from Cicero and used the Roman Senate as the subject of the joke. It’s one of those jokes the author of is lost to the sands of time. I first heard it as a 1L.
Buddha,
That is good. Page huh, well I was going to ask if male or female pages, but then again it would depend on the preference of the congressperson.
Gee, Buddha, I do not get the joke, Oh, nevermind…
Where *do* you come up with such stuff?
AY,
How does a Congressman find a law cite?
They bends over a page.
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It’s a classic joke for a reason. 😀
blogenfreude,
I suppose you would support him working under Barney Frank?
This kid has a future as a White House correspondent.
Good morning. I heisitate to touch this one, but if one is going to attend a private institution and certain guidelines are mentioned up front, then they are, by their actions, agreeing to those guidelines. This is the legal side of the issue.
On the spiritual side, the issue us more complex and both parties have issues. Engaging in something that the bible clearly states is sin for purposes of making ends meet is wrong on two fronts. First, the sin of sodomy is something that displeases God and is not natural. secondly, not trusting in the Lord to meed every need is also sin. This is not to suggest that we shouldn’t pursue employment; it just means that we should remain within the confines of scriptural integrity.
The folks at the college are not off the hook either. Sending hate mail and treating another in a demeaning fashion is wicked. We are to love our neighbor as ourselves, regardless of that neighbors character. We don’t condone sin, but we love the person, pray for them, pray with them, and recognize that the individual in question is not an enemy, but an eternal soul who needs a deliverance.
Each of us will, at our appointed time, stand before the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who have never accepted him as Savior, or are walking in disobediance, must recognize that everything will be given account for and that tomorrow is not a promise. Those who are born of the Spirit (we will know them by their fruit) must consistantly strive to be mindful of the wounded souls all around them for whom Jesus shed his blood. Christians will also give an account for their actions and words.
Well I hope that this isn’t too complicated; it’s just my thoughts on an issue that’s really difficult to wrap into a single comment.
The best way to promote tolerance and, in the process, disassemble these temples of ignorance is to point out stupidity when we see it. I agree there is no legal claim as one may agree to stupidity and waive his right to being treated fairly, but we exist in a world where accountability involves more than civil court pronouncements. We have a larger appeal to the court of public opinion which, sooner or later, influences those lesser courts populated by those priests of justice in the black vestments.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_re_us/us_school_dance_flap
A Christian high school a little ways from where I live is threatening to expel a student if he attends his girlfriend’s high school prom. Apparently, this Christian school bans rock music and dancing and they make their students sign an agreement that they won’t participate in either.
AN: Just got off work, going to try to catch up on some reading that I need to do for school. Maybe do some studying. Really I am going to spend all day screwing around on the Internet and watching movies, at least until I go back to work this afternoon. Putting off everything until the last minute always works best anyways, at least for me.
Morning Matthew N.
How goes it this fine day?
These fundamentalist Christian universities are very disturbing. My cousin went to one of the worst of these. They taught him that the earth was 6000 years old, that evolution is a myth, that gay people are inherently evil, and many other falsehoods. At his school, you aren’t allowed to live off campus and you have nightly room inspections/curfew. He was only allowed to stay off campus a couple nights a semester, and he had to do a bunch of paperwork to get it approved. They also had weekly inspections of room cleanliness. Premarital sex, alcohol consumption, cursing, etc. all were grounds for disciplinary action and possible expulsion. I can’t believe places like this exist.
Let me count the number of times that I went to see the temple prostitute. Do you think that this would have gotten me expelled? There are some interesting books about the life styles of the disciples. Some I am sure would not even be allowed in to this fine Christian school. duhhh.