Even at Eastern Kentucky University, a professor named Todd Hartch braved the climate of chilled speech to speak up for his view that domestic partnerships threaten marriage---and faced an apparent campus-wide backlash. 

Feeling at first alone and unprotected, he perservered---and soon found many others who shared his concerns among faculty and students, as he single-handedly sparked a campus-wide discussion of the nature of marriage.
 
Today in the Public Discourse he urges his fellow professors to have the courage of their convictions--breaking through the silence in the academy he says is both necessary and ultimately rewarding.  Read more here.