Statement from ICR CEO about Baylor Policy Change

Institute for Creation Research ^ | July 2015 | Dr. Henry M. Morris III

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Statement from ICR CEO about Baylor Policy Change

Once again a major Christian institution has capitulated to the “politically correct” immoral noise made by a few. This time, Baylor University has removed language in its sexual misconduct policy that had previously punished homosexual activity among its students.

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[DannyTN]

If I understand what Baylor did, they took out the reference to homosexuality and changed the policy to sex should only be within marriage.

So the policy still precludes homosexual activity outside of pseudo-marriage as well as heterosexual activity outside of marriage.

But it will now allow homosexual activity as long as they are pseudo-married. Scripturally thats wrong. But given the SCOTUS ruling, not to change the policy is asking for a suit they will almost certainly lose.

I may not like the change, but given the SCOTUS ruling, I can’t think of a way Baylor can keep the prior policy and fight this.

[DannyTN]

If I understand what Baylor did, they took out the reference to homosexuality and changed the policy to sex should only be within marriage.

So the policy still precludes homosexual activity outside of pseudo-marriage as well as heterosexual activity outside of marriage.

But it will now allow homosexual activity as long as they are pseudo-married. Scripturally thats wrong. But given the SCOTUS ruling, not to change the policy is asking for a suit they will almost certainly lose.

I may not like the change, but given the SCOTUS ruling, I can’t think of a way Baylor can keep the prior policy and fight this.

[JimRed]

As a Christian school, Baylor should have a consistent policy regarding all sexual activity. End of discussion.

But many “Christian” schools these days are about as Christian as Notre Dame is Catholic.

[fishtank]

No. Baylor wimped out.

God defines marriage, not Caesar.

[fungoking]

“Baptist” covers a pretty wide spectrum. The Southern Baptist that voted at their national meeting to affirm traditional marriage are a lot more conservative than the near Episcopalian Baylor Baptist. Baylor us more closely aligned with the very liberal Cooperative Baptist, a splinter group from Southern Baptist who left when the conservatives regained control of the SBC.

I don't see this as a shift to the left by Baylor, they had no problem with their lesbian basketball star.

[DannyTN]

"No. Baylor wimped out. God defines marriage, not Caesar."

God defines Marriage, not Caesar/SCOTUS.

But there is no point in Baylor setting themselves up for a lawsuit just to fund the homos.

Our nation has means of redress if we "will". We can elect true conservatives to congress, that will impeach the judges. We could pass legislation that removes the whole marriage controversy from judicial oversight (probably the easiest approach). We could pass an amendment that restores the balance.

Putting this fight on Baylor when they will almost certainly lose given the judicial environment is not the right approach.

In any event, Baylor's approach of limiting sex to marriage, probably excludes almost all homosexual activity anyway.

[DannyTN]

"No. Baylor wimped out. God defines marriage, not Caesar."

God defines Marriage, not Caesar/SCOTUS.

But there is no point in Baylor setting themselves up for a lawsuit just to fund the homos.

Our nation has means of redress if we "will". We can elect true conservatives to congress, that will impeach the judges. We could pass legislation that removes the whole marriage controversy from judicial oversight (probably the easiest approach). We could pass an amendment that restores the balance.

Putting this fight on Baylor when they will almost certainly lose given the judicial environment is not the right approach.

In any event, Baylor's approach of limiting sex to marriage, probably excludes almost all homosexual activity anyway.

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You’ve got a double post error.

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[DannyTN]

I’m a habitual double clicker. Which on this site means a double post.

[DesertRhino]

Conservatives never grabbed control of the SBC. Fundamentalist theologians did, and they are a very different thing than political conservatives.
The Baptist church in Texas in the 50s 60 and 70s was anything but liberal. But that’s what the nutty fundamentalist types love to pretend that.

[DesertRhino]

but you had a very solid point about a lesbian basketball star. That would’ve never happened at baylor in the 70s when it was supposedly in the hands of liberals according to the fundamentalist crowd.

[onedoug]

What’s this? Something from this “Institute” that I can finally agree with? Well, even a stopped clock....

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The way those “nutty fundamentalist” took control was simple; since the leadership was much more liberal than most of the folks in the pews, just get folks to show up and vote at the convention.

I have some great Christian friends who left, they are committed workers and I miss their fellowship. But the SBC was on its way to the same cultural and spiritual irrelevantance as the other mainstream (at one time) evangelical denominations that embraced theological liberalism.