Anderson Students Protest Faculty Member’s Nonrenewal

Students and alumni at Anderson University are protesting the nonrenewal of a faculty member’s deal, Fox Carolina noted.

The students charge that the professor’s contract was not renewed because of to her sexual orientation and gender identity.

A assertion from Anderson said, “Anderson College is a non-public Christian college which upholds the South Carolina Baptist classic see of sexuality and relationship as established forth in Scripture. As a ailment of employment, and as outlined in our staff handbook, ‘employees are to be actively aware and respectful of its denominational marriage and the techniques in which their behavior could influence this romantic relationship. In executing so, faculty associates shall be respectful of and not undermine the university’s Statement of Faith.’ Therefore, faculty associates unable or unwilling to adhere to this plan and our Statement of Faith are not scheduled to teach. Anderson University’s potential to be a unique, faith-dependent institution is confirmed by the Invoice of Rights. If Christian universities have been not authorized to uphold deeply held spiritual beliefs in location anticipations about conduct, personal religion-primarily based universities would be indistinguishable from public universities. We exist to give school, employees and college students a decision.”