Take a hike, Paige...

Dismissed professor files lawsuit against Southwestern seminary

Her termination set off a firestorm in the Southern Baptist blogopshere. Klouda's supporters have filed complaints with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Association of Theological Schools asking them to investigate Southwestern for “a serious breach” of accreditation guidelines in connection with the firing.

Public outcry at the dismissal -- which has been reported not only in the blogs and Baptist news outlets but also the Dallas and Fort Worth daily newspapers, the Associated Press and Religion News Service -- has given gave the issue unexpected national prominence.

Klouda’s story first broke Jan. 17 in a post by Wade Burleson, an Oklahoma pastor who runs a popular blog about Southern Baptist Convention Life (kerussocharis.blogspot.com).

As Dan Rather, Trent Lott, and John Kerry found out, the blogs can hurt.

See also Ben Cole...:

I suppose she could have tried to get a job as a secretary or a librarian, but this woman has gifts of intellect and scholarship that God intends her to use to their fullest potential,” Cole wrote. “So she got two degrees from Criswell, both with honors. She received top honors at Southwestern Seminary, and she was able to buy a home and teach her students to love the biblical languages she spent years studying. But Paige Patterson thinks it’s Sheri Klouda’s job to be a homemaker….