And the archbishop isn’t happy about it:

Newark Archbishop John J. Myers said a course on same-sex marriage to be offered in the fall at Seton Hall University “troubles me greatly.”

“This proposed course seeks to promote as legitimate a train of thought that is contrary to what the church teaches. As a result, the course is not in sync with Catholic teaching,” the archbishop said in an April 30 statement.

He said the university’s board of trustees has asked the school’s board of regents to “investigate the matter of this proposed course, and to take whatever action is required under the law to protect the Catholicity of this university.”

The course is scheduled to be offered to juniors and seniors in the fall through the women and gender studies department at Seton Hall University, a Newark archdiocesan university in South Orange.

Larry Robinson, vice provost at Seton Hall University, told Catholic News Service in an April 30 e-mail that the class in question was “approved by the department of political science and by the college, pursuant to institutional practice and custom.”

He added that the initial review of the course by the university department and dean “suggests that the course is not an advocacy course and that it is taught neither from, nor for, any particular perspective, but a ‘special topics’ course to objectively examine a significant current public policy issue.”

He noted that “upon review, professors are allowed to teach ‘special topics’ courses on an experimental basis without seeking the approval of the formal college and university curricular committees.”

He also said the university fully anticipates “that the Catholic position on same-sex marriage will be explored” in the course.

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