A federal court has denied UNC-Wilmington its request to dismiss the discrimination lawsuit filed by associate professor of criminal justice Mike Adams. The Alliance Defense Fund announced recently:


A federal court denied most of UNCW?s motion to dismiss on Monday, holding that Adams raised legitimate arguments regarding the possibility that the school refused to grant him full professorship status because of his religious beliefs and conservative political viewpoint. …

Adams frequently received accolades from his colleagues after the university hired him as an assistant professor in 1993 and promoted him to associate professor in 1998 when he was an atheist. However, interrogations, accusations, and refusals for promotion followed his conversion to Christianity in 2000, even though the quality of his work and conduct at the university never wavered.

ADF attorneys representing Adams sued UNCW on April 10, 2007, arguing that he was harassed and denied a promotion because his Christian beliefs did not coincide with the liberal political and philosophical stance of his superiors


Readers of The Locker Room will remember Adams’ accolades and how they compare with those of his promoted colleagues and UNCW’s own written standards.

Speaking of, Adams will be speaking at UNC-Chapel Hill tonight at 7 p.m. at 209 Manning Hall in an event co-sponsored by the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.