Antigay petition signing leads to suspension for Gallaudet University's chief diversity officer

Related: AKSARBENT has learned that the signatures of the petition to kill Lincoln's LGBT ordinance are being digitally transcribed, will be published online and will made searchable by name. A similar effort may be afoot in Omaha regarding signers of a similar petition effort to kill LGBT anti-bias protection in that city.

Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner reports that Gallaudet University President T. Alan Hurwitz has suspended the school's chief diversity officer Wednesday after he was made aware that the diversity office, Dr. Angela McCaskill, had signed the marriage referendum petition in Maryland.
     Maryland's marriage equality bill was passed earlier this year, but opponents circulated a petition to subject the bill to a referendum vote this fall.

The Planet DeafQueer blog published a story about McCaskill's signature on the petition on Monday, Oct. 8:

A Gallaudet faculty member, who at this time wishes to remain anonymous, noticed Dr. McCaskill’s name, address and signature on the anti-gay marriage petition and inquired about it. When confronted by the faculty member, Dr. McCaskill confirmed that she had in fact signed the petition and explained that she had done so while at church, after her preacher had preached against gay marriage. As she was leaving, her husband pointed to the petition and she signed it without giving it further thought.

(Via JMG)