Messiah alumni group supports gay students
Alumni at evangelical Messiah College have launched an online
petition urging the conservative Christian school to change its policies
toward gay and lesbian students.
The petition has collected
hundreds of alumni signatures, with some indicating that they would
withhold donations as long as the college continued to foster "an unsafe
and noninclusive campus climate."
The group, Inclusive Alumni, is
petitioning Messiah to become "a place of reconciliation, compassion,
and true community." The petitioners call on Messiah, located in
Grantham, Pennsylvania, to take steps to prevent harassment and provide
sensitivity training to staff.
