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- A QUEER HISTORY OF BOB JON UNIVERSYAN ULTRA-EVANGELIL SCHOOL KEEP SECRETSJONATHAN POLETTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED I’M JONATHAN. I BLOG GOD.·7 M READ·AUG 29, 2021--5SHAREBOB JON UNIVERSY GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLA SEEMS TO BE A H OF PURE-GRA EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY. BUT THERE’S A LTLE SATAN THERE.I’M READG ABOUT THE SCHOOL’S LONG HISTORY OF TYPILLY BIZARRE EPISOS WH QUEER STUNTS—AND LEARS—AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS…J!BOB JON, JR. WH STUNT AT BOB JON UNIVERSY (1935; PUBLIC DOMA)THERE WAS A LTLE GAY DRAMA BACK 1953.
- WAG FOR BOB JON’S HUGE GAY BOMB TO DROP
- BOB JON UNIVERSY’S GAY ALUMNI GROUP
- AT BOB JONES UNIVERSITY, GAY MEANS 'NON GRATA'
A QUEER HISTORY OF BOB JON UNIVERSYAN ULTRA-EVANGELIL SCHOOL KEEP SECRETSJONATHAN POLETTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED I’M JONATHAN. I BLOG GOD.·7 M READ·AUG 29, 2021--5SHAREBOB JON UNIVERSY GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLA SEEMS TO BE A H OF PURE-GRA EVANGELIL CHRISTIANY. BUT THERE’S A LTLE SATAN THERE.I’M READG ABOUT THE SCHOOL’S LONG HISTORY OF TYPILLY BIZARRE EPISOS WH QUEER STUNTS—AND LEARS—AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS…J!BOB JON, JR. WH STUNT AT BOB JON UNIVERSY (1935; PUBLIC DOMA)THERE WAS A LTLE GAY DRAMA BACK 1953.
Wh stunt at Bob Jon Universy (1935; public doma)There was a ltle gay drama back school’s founr, Bob Jon, Sr., was still around, as his son, Bob Jon Jr., was the young print. But the homosexual charge was ed to try and stroy him.
Sam Horn, executive vice print of the universy and an of the semary school, which sponsored the nference, said the annual event is aimed at semary stunts and each year engag an issue pastors are facg universy has addrsed genr and sexualy before, cludg durg chapel sermons, but the nference explored the topics a way that had "never before" been done at the universy, Horn the universy's stance on homosexualy was clear durg the of the speakers, faculty member Jim Berg, began by posg what he said were some of the hard qutns for pastors today: What should a church do if a same-sex uple wh their children?
Hoffman, a gay man who attend all of the gra school programs at Bob Jon Amy and around a year at Bob Jon Universy, said he'd rather know up ont if he's not wele a church, rather than be mistered to but prevented om jog.
WAG FOR BOB JON’S HUGE GAY BOMB TO DROP
"So after 10 weeks, they'll tell you you're not wele, " Hoffman universy's long-standg opposn to homosexualy has equently generated ntroversy the Jon III, print of the universy om 1971 to 2005 and the current chancellor, said 1980 that homosexual people should be stoned "as the Bible mands. " Jon issued an apology 2015, disavowg those mentsHomosexual graduat were told letters 20 years ago they uld be arrted if they set foot on the fenced mp grounds, acrdg to reportg by The Washgton Post.
But the rhetoric has softened om the days of open, an openly LGBT stunt today would be vlatn of the universy's polici and uld be dismissed om school before the end of a semter, potentially losg any class creds, Hoffman asked if stunts are allowed to be openly gay and rema on mp, Randy Page, chief of staff to the universy print, poted to the official Jon Universy's official policy on sexualy do not e the words gay, homosexual or LGBT.
"The policy also stat genr is assigned at birth and any attempt to change that is an afont to stunts and faculty are expected to agree wh and abi by the polici and n risk expulsn or other disciple for asslt and homosexualyDurg his sermon at the nference, Berg also lked homosexualy at least some s to sexual asslt, cg several exampl of stunts who had been sexually asslted and who he said then told universy officials they were attracted to people of the same e of homosexualy uld be om someone's own actns, another person's actns or simply bee is a fallen world, Berg 's ments appeared to ignore a remendatn ma a 2014 report that he “no longer be thorized to teach on any issue related to sexual abe or victimizatn. Hambrick said the cint didn't leave her feelg optimistic about the universy's abily to change s attu toward homosexualy.
BOB JON UNIVERSY’S GAY ALUMNI GROUP
I never did anythg to brg attentn to disagreeg wh the school's stance on homosexualy, " Hunter said. "Hunter said she never told universy officials that she is gay, but that she was put on disciplary probatn for exprsg support for LGBTQ people. “Are you a homosexual?
“He repeatedly asked me if I was homosexual, like he wanted me to ‘nfs to beg gay, ’ which I refed to do, ” Hunter told me. Three years after that meetg, she is now the lead platiff a lawsu agast the Department of Edutn challengg the nstutnaly of Tle IX, which grants an exemptn to relig lleg and universi to discrimate agast gay and transgenr stunts, faculty, and staff. She moved to Florida, worked at Disney World, joed an LGBTQ Disney Workers chat, and “ma a bunch of gay iends.
AT BOB JONES UNIVERSITY, GAY MEANS 'NON GRATA'
“I do thk that they found out that I was gay, and for that reason, they wouldn’t let me work, ” he told me.