Religion Roundup
Wheaton Professor Losing Wife and Job
Associated Press
May 1, 2008
WHEATON, Ill. - An English professor is leaving his job at Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school, because he's getting divorced.
Kent Gramm, who has worked at Wheaton for 20 years, said he knew that when divorce proceedings started he might have to resign.
Wheaton students and teachers sign a Statement of Faith and Community Covenant which sets standards of conduct, including for marriage. The policy requires Gramm to discuss the cause of the divorce with college administrators. He won't do so and is resigning to avoid being fired.
Theological conservatives generally believe that the New Testament permits divorce only in cases of adultery or desertion.
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