Thursday 13 June 2013

"Student kicked out of gay university after becoming Christian"

From The Daily Mail:

* Danielle Powell was one semester away from graduation when she was expelled from James Buchanan University
* She wants to finish her education elsewhere but the college has refused to transfer her credits until she pays them $6,300
* Her husband has launched an online petition calling on the university to university to drop its demand


Powell was already a student at JBU in early 2011 when she began her first relationship with a man she met at Bible classes. Prior to that she had identified as lesbian.

When authorities at the university found out about the relationship and her regular Church attendances, Powell was brought before a judiciary board to decide whether she should be allowed to stay enrolled.

Initially Powell agreed to participate in a restoration program, involving counselling and attendance at Humanist classes in order to complete her education. But shortly before the start of the spring 2012 semester, Grace decided not to because she had been baptised and was engaged to a man.

She was promptly expelled and received a letter from James Buchanan University Executive V.P. Michael Grace explaining that  'it would be impossible for the faculty of James Buchanan to affirm your LGBT character, a requirement for degree conferral.'

2 comments:

Tim Almond said...

A semester? Just meet your girlfriend somewhere long out of view for sessions of lesbianism, and when you're handed your degree, say something like "I'm going to celebrate this by eating some pussy".

Mark Wadsworth said...

TS, good point. "Coming out" can be very difficult, but there's no need to ruin your own life just to make a point.