Disclaimer: I am not member of the LGBTQ+ muny, so my wrg do not reflect the perspective of that muny. My wrg stead reflects the gree to which I unrstand the issue, which is admtedly far om prehensive (hence this article takg months to wre). I e the terms LGBT, LGBTQ+, “homosexual”, and gay terchangeably…
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE AND THE FUTURE OF EVANGELIL COLLEG
- CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CONFIST SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WH GAY STUNT’S ARTICLE: ‘WHY I MT LIVE FEAR’
GAY MARRIAGE AND THE FUTURE OF EVANGELIL COLLEG
Gay Marriage and the Future of Evangelil CollegNow that same-sex upl have the right to wed, will higher-ed stutns that nmn LGBT stunts still be eligible for feral fundg? ” However, there’s at least one law the Oh evangelil llege don’t support: the recent Supreme Court lg that legalized gay marriage all 50 stat. Cedarville’s unequivol rejectn of gay marriage is nsistent wh the “human sexualy statements” for dozens of the 121 members of the Council for Christian Colleg and Universi, the natn’s premier anizatn of accreded evangelil higher-tn of Christian-affiliated lleg have eher cled to take a polil stance on gay marriage or adopted more-clive polici to keep up wh the shiftg legal landspe and evolvg social trends.
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CONFIST SCHOOL NEWSPAPER WH GAY STUNT’S ARTICLE: ‘WHY I MT LIVE FEAR’
While a few evangelil lleg have changed their same-sex polici—for example, Hope College Michigan will now offer benefs to gay married upl—most theologilly nservative Christian lleg are quietly ristg efforts to adm openly gay stunts. Cedarville is part of a subset of schools that are actively volved efforts to reta tradnal polici agast homosexualy. Fifteen stat pl the District of Columbia offer protectns to gay and lbian stunts, but they ually grant exemptns to relig stutns.
The first ser challenge to such polici me last summer, when the New England Associatn of Schools and Colleg asked Gordon College, a Christian school Massachetts, to review s ban on “homosexual practice” and terme whether vlated the associatn’s accredatn standards.
Gordon announced March that had pleted the review and cid to keep the ban as gay rights have gaed wir acceptance over the past few years, many evangelil lleg have found themselv facg a prediment. Polici forbiddg gay relatnships have brought negative media attentn and creasgly trated stunts, both of which uld turn disastro for relig lleg already stgglg wh tight budgets and uncerta futur. In 2013, Grace Universy Nebraska ma headl after expelled a stunt for beg an openly gay relatnship who th vlated the school’s of nduct.