Christian University Faces State Probe Over ‘LGBT’ PoliciesTodd Starnes
Aug 1, 2022
Washington State has launched an investigation into the hiring practices of a Christian university.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson is reportedly probing Seattle Pacific University’s religious beliefs that prohibit the hiring of LGBT people.
“Seattle Pacific University admits that it refuses to hire gay faculty and staff,” Ferguson said in a statement obtained Friday by television station KIRO.
Ferguson’s office sent a letter to the university, demanding “prompt production of voluminous and sensitive internal information on the University’s religious policies and their application to any and all faculty, staff, and administrators.”
The school, which is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, has been targeted in recent months by massive protests from students who say the policies are homophobic and discriminatory. They allege that students complained to the attorney general prompting the investigation. ...
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