March 22, 201610 yr Gay Rights Activists Target ‘Religious Colleges’ With Letter Asking the NCAA to ‘Divest.’ How the Sports Authority Responded Isn’t Going Over Too Well. | TheBlaze.com
March 22, 201610 yr Author From the Article: But in a March 17 statement, Campus Pride — which also maintains a so-called “Shame List” of schools that have requested exemptions “based on anti-LGBTQ religion-based bigotry” — expressed disappointment with the written response that the organization received from the NCAA, with the sports authority defending the rights of religious schools to hold traditional values.
March 22, 201610 yr Author The shame list: SHAME LIST | Campus Pride [h=3]37 Campuses received Title IX Exemption to discriminate against LGBTQ Youth[/h][h=3]Anderson University – Anderson, South Carolina Belmont Abbey College – Belmont, North Carolina Bethel College – Mishawaka, Indiana Blue Mountain College – Blue Mountain, Mississippi Carson-Newman University – Jefferson City, Tennessee Charleston Southern University – North Charleston, South Carolina Covenant College – Lookout Mountain, Georgia East Texas Baptist University – Marshall, Texas Franciscan University of Steubenville – Steubenville, Ohio Fresno Pacific University – Fresno, California Geneva College – Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania George Fox University – Newberg, Oregon Hannibal-LaGrange University – Hannibal, Missouri Howard Payne University – Brownwood, Texas Judson College – Marion, Alabama Liberty University – Lynchburg, Virginia Louisiana College – Pineville, Louisiana Maranatha Baptist Bible College – Watertown, Wisconsin Mississippi College – Clinton, Mississippi North Greenville University – Tigerville, South Carolina Northwest Nazarene University – Nampa, Idaho Oklahoma Baptist University – Shawnee, Oklahoma Oklahoma Christian University – Edmond, Oklahoma Oklahoma Wesleyan Univeristy – Bartlesville, Oklahoma Simpson University – Redding, California Southern Wesleyan University – Central, South Carolina Southwest Baptist University – Bolivar, Missouri Spring Arbor University – Spring Arbor, Michigan St. Gregory’s University – Shawnee, Oklahoma Tabor College – Hillsboro, Kansas The Baptist College of Florida – Graceville, Florida Toccoa Falls College – Toccoa Falls, Georgia Union University – Jackson, Tennessee University of Mary Hardin-Baylor – Belton, Texas University of Mobile – Eight Mile, Alabama University of the Cumberlands – Williamsburg, Kentucky Williams Baptist College – Walnut Ridge, Arkansas[/h] [h=3]Pending Review[/h][h=3]22 Campuses have Requested Title IX Exemption to discriminate against LGBTQ Youth[/h][h=3]American Indian College – Phoenix, Arizona Asbury University – Wilmore, Kentucky Biola University – La Mirada, California Colorado Christian University – Lakewood, Colorado Criswell College – Dallas, Texas Dordt College – Sioux Center, Iowa Freed-Hardeman University – Henderson, Tennessee Hardin-Simmons University – Abilene, Texas John Paul the Great Catholic University – Escondido, California LABI College – La Puente, California Lancaster Bible College – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Missouri Baptist University – Saint Louis, Missouri Multnomah University – Portland, Oregon Northpoint Bible College – Haverhill, Massachusetts Ohio Christian University – Circleville, Ohio Ozark Christian College – Joplin, Missouri Southeastern University – Lakeland, Florida Southern Nazarene University – Bethany, Oklahoma Trinity Bible College – Ellendale, North Dakota University of Dallas – Irving, Texas William Carey University – Hattiesburg, Mississippi William Jessup University – Rocklin, California[/h]
March 22, 201610 yr I personally would not advocate trying to tell religious colleges how they should conduct their business with regards to this topic, no matter what my personal feelings are. With as many non-relgious colleges available that have no issue with accepting transgenders etc... a student shouldn't have any trouble finding one to go to where they'd have a better chance of being accepted and protected by the law and the bylaws of the institution. We've entered a interesting yet peculiar time in our history where the law is doing a better job of protecting the rights of non-heterosexuals as it should, while for various reasons the entire citizenship of the United States is not 100% on board with accepting this protection. Even at schools that must follow these laws and bylaws, that is no assurance that a student won't experience discrimination, but if they do they at least have the law to back them. With regards to religious colleges, they are religious for a reason related to their faith, and within that faith they follow certain beliefs, and if a person is not on board with those religious beliefs they should consider attending a different school and not try to force the religious school to change for them. This would be the same as a gay couple trying to force a church to marry them if within their teachings they are against homosexuality. Go elsewhere to get married. When it comes to churches, though I don't share their beliefs, it's pointless and stupid to force them to act against their beliefs no matter how much you disagree with them. I might not appreciate their stance, but just as a non-heterosexual deserves rights, so do religious people to have their beliefs. The weird part is when the two somehow meet and there's a struggle between whose rights come first. As you can imagine I'm all for non-heterosexual rights, but there comes a point in the fight for acceptance where you have to honor certain lines and realize when you're stepping over them and your rights are infringing on the rights of other and vise versa.
March 22, 201610 yr I personally would not advocate trying to tell religious colleges how they should conduct their business with regards to this topic, no matter what my personal feelings are. With as many non-relgious colleges available that have no issue with accepting transgenders etc... a student shouldn't have any trouble finding one to go to where they'd have a better chance of being accepted and protected by the law and the bylaws of the institution. We've entered a interesting yet peculiar time in our history where the law is doing a better job of protecting the rights of non-heterosexuals as it should, while for various reasons the entire citizenship of the United States is not 100% on board with accepting this protection. Even at schools that must follow these laws and bylaws, that is no assurance that a student won't experience discrimination, but if they do they at least have the law to back them. With regards to religious colleges, they are religious for a reason related to their faith, and within that faith they follow certain beliefs, and if a person is not on board with those religious beliefs they should consider attending a different school and not try to force the religious school to change for them. This would be the same as a gay couple trying to force a church to marry them if within their teachings they are against homosexuality. Go elsewhere to get married. When it comes to churches, though I don't share their beliefs, it's pointless and stupid to force them to act against their beliefs no matter how much you disagree with them. I might not appreciate their stance, but just as a non-heterosexual deserves rights, so do religious people to have their beliefs. The weird part is when the two somehow meet and there's a struggle between whose rights come first. As you can imagine I'm all for non-heterosexual rights, but there comes a point in the fight for acceptance where you have to honor certain lines and realize when you're stepping over them and your rights are infringing on the rights of other and vise versa. I'm with you.
March 22, 201610 yr Author I personally would not advocate trying to tell religious colleges how they should conduct their business with regards to this topic, no matter what my personal feelings are. With as many non-relgious colleges available that have no issue with accepting transgenders etc... a student shouldn't have any trouble finding one to go to where they'd have a better chance of being accepted and protected by the law and the bylaws of the institution. We've entered a interesting yet peculiar time in our history where the law is doing a better job of protecting the rights of non-heterosexuals as it should, while for various reasons the entire citizenship of the United States is not 100% on board with accepting this protection. Even at schools that must follow these laws and bylaws, that is no assurance that a student won't experience discrimination, but if they do they at least have the law to back them. With regards to religious colleges, they are religious for a reason related to their faith, and within that faith they follow certain beliefs, and if a person is not on board with those religious beliefs they should consider attending a different school and not try to force the religious school to change for them. This would be the same as a gay couple trying to force a church to marry them if within their teachings they are against homosexuality. Go elsewhere to get married. When it comes to churches, though I don't share their beliefs, it's pointless and stupid to force them to act against their beliefs no matter how much you disagree with them. I might not appreciate their stance, but just as a non-heterosexual deserves rights, so do religious people to have their beliefs. The weird part is when the two somehow meet and there's a struggle between whose rights come first. As you can imagine I'm all for non-heterosexual rights, but there comes a point in the fight for acceptance where you have to honor certain lines and realize when you're stepping over them and your rights are infringing on the rights of other and vise versa. Great post. And one that includes plenty of common sense.
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