Graduating seniors go viral after protesting school's anti-LGBTQ employee policy with Pride flags.
Graduating seniors at Seattle Pacific University handed rainbow Pride flags to the school's interim president when they received their diplomas on Sunday to protest the school's anti-LGBTQ policies.
, which states that the school"reserves the right to prefer employees or prospective employees on the basis of religion."policy, which bans"sexual behavior that is inconsistent with the University's understanding of Biblical standards." Full-time employees are expected to refrain from “cohabitation, extramarital sexual activity and same-sex sexual activity," the policy reads. Employees can face disciplinary action and termination if they violate the policy.
In an email statement, Menjares, interim president, said that Sunday “was a wonderful day to celebrate with our graduates. Those who took the time to give me a flag showed me how they felt and I respect their view.”The SPU Faculty Senate has recommended that the school remove the “Employee Lifestyle Expectation” policy, but the recommendation was rejected by the school board.
“I thought, OK, nothing’s going to happen. And then I showed up and was waiting in this little back room to line up for commencement, and someone came in and handed me like 20 Pride flags,” Guillot said. “We started passing it out to students ... It was kind of first come, first serve. They were gone very quickly, and if we would have been able to get more there would have been more participation.
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