In particular he noted that there are islamic countries where being gay is forbidden by death penalty.
Because of that, he got expulsed from San Antonio University.
He recorded the interrogation.
reason.com
>MACDONALD: Nothing. I wasn't talking about the engagement to the Muslim. I was talking about Islam in that particular moment.
>BROWNING: Well, let me just say that kind of thing is not going to be tolerated in our department. We're not going to tolerate graduate students trying to make other graduate students feel terrible for our emotional attachments.
>MACDONALD: Um...all right.
>BROWNING: And, if you don't understand why that is, I can explain fully, or I can refer you to the Behavior Intervention Team on our campus, which consists of a counselor, faculty member, and person from student affairs who are trained on talking to people about what's appropriate or what isn't.
>BROWNING: Those are things that would get you fired if you were working in my office. The Islam comment would get you fired.
>MACDONALD: ...Would it really get me fired to say that I could be killed somewhere?
>BROWNING: In that situation as you've described it, absolutely yes.
>MACDONALD: How?
>BROWNING: Don't even ask. It's clear you're not taking my word for it. I don't care to convince you. If I can't persuade you that it's in your interest to behave in ways that other people don't find offensive and objectionable, then at least I've done my job.
>MACDONALD: Well I know that it's in my interest. I'm just trying to understand the reasoning.
>BROWNING: You don't have to.
>MACDONALD: Well, this is a truth-seeking discipline!
What the actual fuck?