On Friday, Johns Hopkins met with serval students regarding the removal of Ben Carson as the commencement speaker for graduation. Although Carson apologized, the school believes his comments were still "offensive" since he compared gay marriage to "bestiality and pedophilia." Dr. Paul Rothman, the dean of medical faculty at Johns Hopkins, believed Carson was exercising Johns Hopkins' belief in free speak despite his "hurtful" and "offending" language. This article transitions from Dr. Rothman's statements to Carson's comments from his apology letter. However, Carson believes his words were taken out of context. Despite this, many students on the Johns Hopkins campus have written a petition to remove Carson from the commencement speech. Interestingly, this article ends with a completely different topic regarding Carson retiring from his medical career and possibly running for President in 2016.
Aaron Blake, author of this article, fills it with many direct statements from both Ben Carson and Dr. Rothman. These quotations include Dr. Rothman's statement about Ben Carson's comments on gay marriage as well as Carson's statements from his apology letter and interviews.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/05/johns-hopkins-dean-calls-ben-carsons-words-offensive/?hpid=z3
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