It turns out the school dropped the investigation when the student wrote an article about it.
The College Fix reports:
Columbia investigates student for criticizing transgenderism on social mediaFollowing complaints, Columbia University’s Office of Institutional Equity recently confronted graduate student Daniel Di Martino for comments he made on social media expressing his Catholic beliefs and criticizing transgenderism.Di Martino told The Fix the matter is now closed — but only after he went public. The doctoral student said the university closed the investigation after he published a story in City Journal detailing what happened.The incident began when Di Martino “received an email from the OIE accusing [him] of ‘conduct that could constitute discriminatory harassment’” earlier this year, he wrote in his City Journal piece.“The message included no details, and when [he] asked for clarification, OIE didn’t provide any,” Di Martino wrote. Then, three university officials called Di Martino in for a meeting to tell him he had been the subject of “multiple complaints.”They showed him screenshots of his social media posts, “treating [his] public Catholic beliefs as if they were prohibited,” the student wrote.One of the posts stated “God does not teach us that we can change our gender.” In other posts from this year and last year, the student condemned gender ideology and celebrated that some politicians have supported bans on transgender care.School officials told him that their goal was not to punish him, “but to make sure that this doesn’t escalate into a disciplinary outcome.”Additionally, the investigators acknowledged his First Amendment right to free speech but cautioned that his posts might be “creating a hostile environment,” as such expressions of Catholic faith—particularly if a transgender classmate saw them—could make someone feel unsafe even to “walk on campus,” the student wrote.Di Martino also told The Fix via email this case is part of a broader issue.“The great societal problem we are facing is that universities, and liberals with power in every institution, feel empowered and right in censoring conservative and religious speech,” the student said.
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