(CNN) A professor at Iowa State University has come under fire for threatening to discipline students who submit projects or papers opposing abortion, the Black Lives Matter movement or same-sex marriage. The threat was made in the professor's English 250 syllabus, which was posted online and released by the Young America's Foundation (YAF) on Monday. In the syllabus, the professor says the course's goal is to help students "develop skills in written, oral, visual, and electronic communication." "The same goes for any papers/projects: you cannot choose any topic that takes at its base that one side doesn't deserve the same basic human rights as you do (ie: no arguments against gay marriage, abortion, Black Lives Matter, etc). The syllabus published by the professor.

Source: CNN August 23, 2020 17:15 UTC