Christian group fights LGBTQ suit against Oregon university
Alliance Defending Freedom throws legal aid behind schools such as George Fox University.
A Christian nonprofit is using its legal resources to fight an anti-discrimination lawsuit led by LGBTQ students at Christian colleges throughout the country, including George Fox University.
The Alliance Defending Freedom characterized the Hunter v. Department of Education lawsuit as an attack on religious freedom in a press release April 12. This lawsuit wants the federal government to tell Christian schools, To continue accepting students who have federal financial aid, all you have to do is to start acting contrary to your own beliefs. That s neither reasonable nor constitutional, David Cortman, ADF senior counsel and vice president of U.S. litigation, said in the release. No court should grant a radical request to rewrite federal law and strong-arm religious colleges by stripping their students of much-needed fin
May 12, 2021
Indiana Wesleyan University has chosen Pat Gelsinger, a respected information technology veteran and business leader, as the 2021 inductee into the Society of World Changers. Gelsinger will be formally inducted into the IWU Society of World Changers during a special convocation on Nov. 3.
In February 2021, Gelsinger returned to the company where his career began and became the chief executive officer of Intel, a multinational corporation and technology company. During his initial 30 years with Intel, he became the first chief technology officer driving the creation of key industry technologies, including USB and Wi-Fi. As the architect of the original 80486 processor, Gelsinger also played a significant role in steering Intel to dominance in the microprocessor supplier market.
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William Jessup University has selected Regent Education to transform financial aid to support its mission-driven institutional growth.
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William Jessup University, a private four-year Christian liberal arts university in Rocklin, California, is one of the fastest growing universities among the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities member schools as well as all private, nonprofit Christian schools in the country. Jessup continues to fulfill its mission of equipping tomorrow s leaders by educating and preparing the whole person through its robust Christ-centered academic and career-driven programs. Jessup supports multiple program delivery/enrollment models; and, as it continues to grow, wants to ensure it maintains a high degree of flexibility in start dates and program duration while delivering excellent student service.
Bethel School of Technology enters partnership agreement with Restauracion Los Ángeles
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Bethel Tech has entered into a partnership agreement with Restauracion Los Ángeles, a large church in LA serving in Crenshaw, the Adams district, and beyond. This partnership will provide pathways to upward economic mobility for members of RLA s extended community through Bethel Tech s 9 month long bootcamp, which provides training for the most in-demand tech jobs in the world. REDDING, Calif. (PRWEB) April 26, 2021 Bethel School of Technology is pleased to announce its new partnership with Restauracion Los Ángeles (RLA).
Formed in the 1980s by Salvadorian and Guatemalan pastors, RLA exists in the heart of Los Angeles, serving many low-income, undocumented, and first-generation congregants in Crenshaw, the Adams district, and beyond.
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Christian universities are fighting a lawsuit filed by an LGBT legal group, which seeks to strip federal financial aid from college students for attending faith-based universities that espouse biblical beliefs on marriage, gender and sexuality.Â
The Oregon-based Religious Exemption Accountability Project, an LGBT activist organization, filed a federal lawsuit on March 29 against the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of 33 LGBT former and current students who felt discriminated against on 25 faith-based campuses across the country.
The lawsuit wants to remove the Title IX religious exemption to restrict students at faith-based institutions that adhere to traditional sexuality and gender beliefs from receiving tuition grants, student loans and any form of federal financial assistance.