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New York Professor Who Questioned If Adult-Child Sex Is Wrong Sues to Get Back on Campus

State University of New York, Fredonia, said it exiled professor over security concerns.
New York Professor Who Questioned If Adult-Child Sex Is Wrong Sues to Get Back on Campus
State University of New York in Fredonia, N.Y., in August, 2021. Courtesy of Google Maps
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
10/6/2023|Updated: 10/6/2023
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A professor of ethics and philosophy at a New York university, barred from campus in 2022 after questioning in a viral video whether adult-child sex is wrong, is suing to return to the classroom.

Stephen Kershnar, who still has a job at the State University of New York, Fredonia (SUNY), has not been back on campus or taught in more than a year after appearing in video clips featured by the conservative site Libs of Tiktok, according to media accounts.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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