RT TO SPREAD AWARENESS and pressure our university to address our demands /wHgE40iAeO- engaygetheculture May 26, 2022 We have support from faculty, staff and alum who also want change. Seattle Pacific University students are currently on day 3 of a sit-in protesting a decision to uphold homophobic policies on our campus.
"And that's going to make SPU a much better place to be," they added. Not only in the student body but in the faculty, staff and administration." With this decision, faculty and staff at the university must "continue to reflect a traditional view on Biblical marriage and sexuality, as an expression of long-held church teaching and biblical interpretation," the university's said in its statement.ĪJ Larsen, a 2020 graduate and member of SPU's alumni coalition, said: "No matter what you believe, getting rid of these policies is the best way to make sure that our campus is an inclusive place for all people to be. Following the board's vote, students walked out of class on last Tuesday to protest in front of the university president's office. Last week, the SPU Board of Trustees voted to retain the university's current employee lifestyle expectations regarding sexual conduct. Students at Seattle Pacific University (SPU), a private Christian university in Seattle, protested after the campus administration voted last week to uphold rules that ban the hiring of LBGTQ+ staff from working at the university.