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posted by [personal profile] puszysty at 11:50am on 09/05/2010
http://www.facebook.com/#!/note.php?note_id=10150180128440521&id=100000513360620

If the link comes up blank, let me know and I will post the damn letter. I'm pissed that this was the response to what was supposed to be open dialouge.

(A little background on this: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/05/hope_college_boards_latest_sta.html)
Mood:: 'pissed off' pissed off
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posted by [identity profile] lls-mutant.livejournal.com at 06:12pm on 09/05/2010
Jesus, Mr. "Let Him Without Sin Cast The First Stone" himself, would be so proud. NOT.

(Incidentally, Jesus NEVER, EVER said anything about homosexuality. He only preached to love others as we would be loved ourselves and all that. And that story where that quote comes from? It's about him forgiving a woman who's been caught in the act of adultry. (Interestingly, the guy she was screwing wasn't going to be stoned- just her.) Adultry is one of the biggest no-nos in the OT, and Jesus urged his people that it's not their place to judge, but God's. Plus, there's always Jed Bartlett's speech in The West Wing about Old Testament stuff and what bullshit it can be.)

I'm right there with you. Don't take my religion and use it to hurt people. :P
 
posted by [identity profile] prophetkristy.livejournal.com at 03:14am on 10/05/2010
LOVE that speech from TWW. I was just thinking about it!
 
posted by [identity profile] trovia.livejournal.com at 07:07pm on 09/05/2010
Now I'm curious. Curious, but not on Facebook, and unable to read it.
 
posted by [identity profile] puszysty.livejournal.com at 01:59am on 12/05/2010
You can read the news article I assume?
Here's the response letter:

Dear Members of Hope is Ready:

Thank you for your interest in Hope College and for the time and effort committed to sharing your concerns with the Board of Trustees. Your insights were helpful in our discussions. Those elected to hold the college in their trust have thoughtfully, thoroughly, and prayerfully considered your petition.

Relative to your petition, the Trustees have taken these actions:

1. The Board of Trustees denied your request to remove the 1995 Institutional Statement on Homosexuality
2. The Board of Trustees appointed a Trustee committee to expand the college’s 1995 position statement in the larger context of all human sexuality in such a way that the Hope community is called to a renewed encounter with the clear, demanding, and healing biblical witness regarding human sexuality.

The college’s current position on homosexuality is based on its interpretation of scripture. It is recognized that well-intentioned Christians may disagree on scriptural interpretation. Still, humbly and respectfully, the college aligns itself in its interpretation with is founding denomination, the Reformed Church in America, the orthodox Christian Church throughout the ages, and other Christian colleges and universities.

On behalf of the Hope College Board of Trustees, I thank you for your concern for the college we love and respectfully ask that you accept these decisions in the spirit with which they are rendered.

Cordially,
[President]
 
posted by [identity profile] safenthecity.livejournal.com at 07:18pm on 09/05/2010
That's... terribly unsurprising. :/
 
posted by [identity profile] prophetkristy.livejournal.com at 03:13am on 10/05/2010
SIGH. Christianity is a wonderful religion; if only more people practised it!!

Also, I really want to know how many members of that Board wear clothing of mixed fibers! Stone them, I say!
 
posted by [identity profile] grinninfoole.livejournal.com at 05:02am on 10/05/2010
I'm sorry. I can't think of anything to say that isn't contemptuous, so I'm going to just say you're right, they're wrong, and I hope that you soon awaken them to the joys of Gaeta/Hoshi, Gaeta/Baltar, Gaeta/Lee, or even Gaeta/Tigh (though I'm pretty sure the one true God has spoken out against that pairing).

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