Christian Colleges' Right to Deny Married Housing for Gay Couples Is 'on the Edge of the Indefensible,'
Prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Americans United worked to stop Religious Freedom Restoration Acts in Indiana, Arkansas and other states that could, but not necessarily would, provide businesses and individuals with greater religious protections from being forced to serve and participate in same-sex weddings.
There is concern among the Christian academic community that Christian universities and Christian schools could lose their tax-exempt statuses if they don’t change their policies to allow married same-sex couples to live in married housing.
In response to a question from The Christian Post, Lynn, who is an ordained minister for the Church of Christ, contended that Christian colleges refusing to provide married housing to married same-sex couples is akin to schools not allowing interracial married couples to occupy married housing.
Ah, Barry Lynn! The man who was so badly annihilated by James White in a debate on homosexuality that he sued to suppress the video! I hope everybody noticed that, to Lynn, you can be Christian and an unrepentant homosexual. He assumes that to be true, and argues accordingly.
Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.
I doubt very many homosexual couples will even want to be at a Bible college that takes the position that homosexuality is a sin. Sure there will be a few that will try to make a test case, but my guess is that if they are let in, that they will leave shortly thereafter once they find out that they cannot get any publicity out of their challenge.
Per Tyler’s comment, Lynn spectacularly misses the point. You could theoretically require Christian colleges to admit homosexual students into married student housing, and they would reply “but open homosexuality disqualifies the person from being a student at all here.” So they could say that when the college starts admitting openly unrepentant, practicing homosexuals into the student body, then they will also be admitted into married student housing if they’re miraged.
That said, I anticipate that a “brighter bulb” than Barry Lynn will take this idea and transform it into something doable, so let’s not discount him too heartily.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
[JD Miller]I doubt very many homosexual couples will even want to be at a Bible college that takes the position that homosexuality is a sin. Sure there will be a few that will try to make a test case, but my guess is that if they are let in, that they will leave shortly thereafter once they find out that they cannot get any publicity out of their challenge.
You vastly underestimate the extent to which the radical homosexual movement is committed to destroying any institution or individual who would oppose their agenda.
I think DLCreed is spot on. I am not suggesting that if we just ignore them that they will go away. I am realizing that they are going to push the limits to try to get publicity and then sympathy for their cause. I could be totally wrong on this, but I want to take the approach that gives them the least amount of publicity possible. I think that having a statement that forbids students from open homosexual behavior will buy us some time, but I fear that as DL pointed out, the homosexual movement will keep pushing. The question is, what is the best approach for us to keep our institutions without compromising our consciences? I keep reminding myself that as powerful as the homosexual lobby is, our God is much more powerful.
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