字面的意思是,该教授2018年前没有适用于该政策的学生。这个教授在政策颁布后就表示明确反对,至于教授说的Yes Sir,不清楚他是否事先知情,但我并不认为教授主动挑衅,也不认为学生没完没了,就是两种价值观的冲突,问题是学校不应该有权利强制雇员遵循校方的价值观。特别是这种价值观并没有被普遍认同,这句话挺有说服力的:
"This case forced us to defend what used to be a common belief — that nobody should be forced to contradict their core beliefs just to keep their job," said John Bursch, the group's senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy,
in a statement.