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My alma mater shames me
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)
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)
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(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
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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]
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Also, I really want to know how many members of that Board wear clothing of mixed fibers! Stone them, I say!
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