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Boston College’s Fitzgibbons’ appearance in ad campaign sparks controversy

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Controversy was brewing at Boston College Law School after Professor Scott Fitzgibbons made an appearance in an ad campaign in support of the Maine Marriage Initiative. The initiative seeks to overturn Governor John Baldacci’s signature of the same-sex marriage bill.

In the advertisement, Fitzgibbons states his opposition to gay marriage and identifies himself as a BC professor, with a footnote admitting that the title was for “identification purposes only,” and that no endorsement on behalf of the university was meant to be implied.

In a letter released last week, BC Law School Dean John Garvey spoke to the emotions expressed by several members of the law school community who disagreed with Fitzgibbons’ views.

“Professor Fitzgibbon, as a member of our faculty, is free to express his views … we also have faculty members who hold a contrary view, which they too are free to express publicly,” Garvey said. “As I think any of our faculty might have done, he stated his views without prior notice to or clearance from the Law School.”

 

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