Missouri State Settles Social Work Student's Lawsuit

Missouri State University has settled a suit filed against it by a social work student who claimed that action was taken against her after she refused for religious reasons to sign a letter supporting homosexual adoption as part of a class project. (See prior posting.) The Kansas City Star today reports that the University will clear former student Emily Brooker's official record of a grievance filed in the case, will pay her $9,000, and will pay her tuition and living expenses for two years of graduate social work study. The professor charged with improper action in Brooker's lawsuit has already stepped down as head of the school's MSW Program.