UPDATE: Moving to front from March 26. This is now happening tomorrow!
Alastair Norcross (Colorado) informs me that the following motion (which tracks the petition crafted by Professor Hermes) will be presented at the business meeting at the Pacific APA meeting in Vancouver on Thursday, April 9 at noon (it will take place in the President room, which is on the 2nd floor of the 'Tower'):
Whereas the American Philosophical Association has a clear policy opposing discrimination based on race, color, religion, political convictions, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification or age; and whereas several institutions that explicitly violate that policy with respect to sexual orientation have recently placed advertisements in Jobs for Philosophers; and whereas more than 1400 members of the American Philosophical Association have signed a petition calling on the APA either to enforce its nondiscrimination policy or to change it; be it therefore resolved that the American Philosophical association (1) enforce its policy and prohibit institutions that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation from advertising in Jobs for Philosophers, or (2) clearly mark institutions with these policies as institutions that violate our anti-discrimination policy, or (3) publicly inform its members that it will not protect gay philosophers and remove its anti-discrimination policy to end the illusion that a primary function of the APA is to protect the rights of its members.
Any signatories who will be attending the Pacific APA are urged to attend the business meeting. You may contact Professor Norcross via e-mail if you would like to discuss logistics or strategy.
Kudos to Professor Norcross for getting this issue before the APA.
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