A silent protest greeted Dr. Matthew Franck, who opposes same-sex marriage, when he lectured Monday at Atlanta's Oglethorpe University. LGBT advocates who organized the protest said they wanted to make sure people understand the university is an open and welcoming place.
Franck, director of the William E. & Carol G. Simon Center on Religion & the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J., spoke at Oglethorpe in a discussion titled, “Charging ‘Hate’ in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: How to Stop an Argument You're Losing and Endanger Freedom While You're At It.”
He has argued that it is inaccurate to call opposition to gay marriage or other LGBT issues "hate," claiming that gay advocates use the term to close down debate.