Students at Seattle Pacific University end sit-in, plan to sue over LGBTQ exclusion
(RNS) — Students from Seattle Pacific University, a Christian school associated with the Free Methodist Church, have ended their more than month-long sit-in protesting the board of trustees’ decision to uphold a policy prohibiting the hiring of LGBTQ people. They are now planning legal action against the trustees.
“The board has elected to refuse our demands, meaning we will be moving forward with litigation. This is not a decision that we take lightly, but it is a decision we believe will protect the future of our university,” the Associated Students of Seattle Pacific said Friday (July 1) in a statement posted on Instagram.
Tracy Norlen, a spokesperson for Seattle Pacific University, told Religion News Service in an e-mail on Friday afternoon that there were no plans to change the university’s “employee lifestyle expectations,” which the dissenting students have described as homophobic and discriminatory.
As of Saturday afternoon, the student group has helped raise more than $35,000 through GoFundMe to cover legal fees.
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