A new survey reports that 72 percent of college and university faculty describe themselves as liberal while a mere 15 percent describe themselves as conservative. More than four of five support abortion rights, two of three support homosexuality, about nine in ten desire more environmental regulation.

The dangers of such intellectual conformity are evidenced in the intolerance shown to two campus lecturers this week. At Indiana's Earlham College, a student charged the stage and hurled a pie at Weekly Standard editor William Kristol's face. Hecklers disrupted author Ann Coulter's speech to 1,800 people at Kansas University. Having their superficial leftism reinforced in class on a daily basis, radical poseurs short-circuit the wiring in their group brain when confronted with ideas that differ from their own.

I agree with your main point. The leftist domination on campuses is undeniable. But...

"two of three support homosexuality"

What does this even mean? I don't support heterosexuality or homosexuality. I simply am a heterosexual. What difference does it make if some other guy is gay?

It's all part of the leftist agenda and it's all about non-conformists gaining enough power to eventually be able to dictate to the majority what it is we should be thinking and doing.

Yeah, Ben L, perhaps I should have included a different stat than the gay one. The language the poll used was a bit ambiguous. Gay marriage, gay rights, gay adoption are all issues that lend themselves to poll questions, but gayness itself is a bit more difficult to poll on.

2 out of 3? Maybe they were the ambiguously gay duo?

Wow... higher education = liberal thought? Might be telling us something. Like being highly educated affords one the ability to learn the truth?

Do you all believe ignorance = strength too? George Orwell, you died too soon.