The article provided is a great example of what may happen when a student's beliefs and actions inteferes with their institutions' mission and beliefs. Several openly gay and lesbian students have been ejected from their schools becuase of their sexual orientation. I understand that institutions have to stand by their beliefs and missions, but when is their a desire to change, adapt or reconsider those beliefs and mission statements acccording to our ever changing student population. Rather than ignoring the situation, the schools mentioned should at least be willing to accomodate students' needs by incorportating Gay Alliances or other inclusive clubs. What was most shocking to me was reading that an institution blocked access to a particular web page due to the content, I thought that was a bit extreme.
What are your thoughts on the attached article ?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/us/19gays.html?_r=1&ref=education
This article is very interesting. I think schools that are religious should understand that everyone is not heterosexual. There are people that live in this world that are gay. For the Christian colleges, I do not think it should matter. Schools should try to incorporate student's needs by allowing clubs for students so that they do not feel out of place. If students start to feel out of place, then we will have repeats of incidences that have occurred such as at Rutger's University where a student that did not feel welcome committed suicide or shootings will occur at campuses. I would not be surprised if that happened.
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