Gay alumni qutn policy of Christian llege Monteco - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• GAY STUNTS, ALUMNI SENDG WTMONT COLLEGE A MSAGE
• STUNTS AT WTMONT COLLEGE CALL FOR MORE DIALOGUE ON GAY ISSU
• GAY ALUMNI QUTN POLICY OF CHRISTIAN LLEGE MONTECO

GAY STUNTS, ALUMNI SENDG WTMONT COLLEGE A MSAGE

A quiet mpaign to support gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred stunts at Wtmont College has gaed momentum as alumni of the private Christian liberal arts school have add their nam to the letter.

In his letter, Van Why outled his own stggle to rencile his homosexualy wh his relig fah while attendg Asbury, a 1, 600-stunt, nonnomatnal Christian liberal arts llege. Although Wtmont stunts and alumni quickly began to sign on, some stunts say the school has refed to addrs homosexualy an open fom.

STUNTS AT WTMONT COLLEGE CALL FOR MORE DIALOGUE ON GAY ISSU

“Such activi clu occult practic, sexual relatns outsi of marriage, homosexual practice, dnkenns, theft, profany and dishonty, ” the nearly 1, 000-word statement reads. “The stutnal climate foreclos open discsn and rerc the llege’s official stance through teachgs mandatory chapel servic and llege urs classifyg ‘homosexualy’ as a viant behavr, ” the alumni letter says. Lorn said she realized she was gay durg her senr year at Wtmont.

“A gay stunt still nnot say ‘I’m gay, ’” she said. “I would love for to be a safer place to talk about those qutns than we are, ” said Higa, addg that the school is very ncerned about ignorance and tolerance toward s gay stunts. Senr Sara Reynolds said that beg gay at Wtmont don’t necsarily make the experience bad, or isolatg, “but those thgs n happen.

“The isolatn om feelg as if you are ls of a person bee you intify as gay, which is not somethg that is exclively happeng the Wtmont muny, but around the world, ” she said. “I don’t thk this statement is meant to be a malic ntract for a gay stunt to sign, ” she said. “But also has some repercsns that I thk has hred dialogue about people who would intify as gay and Christian.

GAY ALUMNI QUTN POLICY OF CHRISTIAN LLEGE MONTECO

The issue has been simmerg for a while, she said, and the nversatn about homosexualy is ongog globally. “I thk the biggt thg that uld happen to make stunts feel more accepted is jt regnn that gay stunts exist at Wtmont and serve the muny wh jt as much love and rpect as any other stunt.

Lorn said she hop that when the school choos to talk about the issue of homosexualy, admistrators will remember that an LGBT stunt uld be standg right next to them.

A few others also wore the tape solidary wh Reynolds, who is a gay stunt at the llege. In two separate letters, a number of alumni and faculty lled on the llege earlier this year to open dialogue toward gay stunts.