A. Christian Commitment and Membership in a Local Church Shorter University will hire persons who are committed Bible believing Christians,
who are dedicated to integrating biblical faith in their classes and who are in agreement with the University Statement of Faith. Moreover, employees are expected to be active members of a local church.
B. Principles of Personal Conduct
I agree to adhere to and support the following principles (on or off the campus):
1. I will be loyal to the mission of Shorter University as a Christ-centered institution affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention.
2. I will not engage in the use, sale, possession, or production of illegal drugs.
3. I reject as acceptable all sexual activity not in agreement with the Bible, including, but not limited to, premarital sex, adultery, and homosexuality.
4. I will not use alcoholic beverages in the presence of students, and I will abstain from serving, from using, and from advocating the use of alcoholic beverages in public
(e.g. in locations that are open to use by the general public, including as some examples restaurants, concert venues, stadiums, and sports facilities) and in settings in which students are present or are likely to be present.
I will not attend any University sponsored event in which I have consumed alcohol within the last six hours. Neither will I promote or encourage the use of alcohol.
I have read and agree with the Personal Lifestyle Statement and will adhere to it in its entirety while employed at Shorter University.
I understand that failure to adhere to this statement may result in disciplinary action against me, up to and including immediate termination.
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I agree to adhere to and support the following principles (on or off FR):
1. I will be loyal to the mission of FreeRepublic as a Christ-centered website.
2. I will not engage in the use, sale, possession, or production of illegal drugs, while on FR.
3. I reject as acceptable all sexual activity not in agreement with the Bible, including, but not limited to, premarital sex, adultery, and homosexuality, while on FR.
4. I will not use alcoholic beverages in the presence of FReepers, and I will abstain from serving, from using, and from advocating the use of alcoholic beverages on FreeRepublic.
I will not post on FreeRepublic when I have consumed alcohol within the last six hours. Neither will I promote or encourage the use of alcohol. I have read and agree with FreeRepuplic's new posting guidlines. I understand that failure to adhere to these guildlines will get me zotted by Viking Kitties and I will be going to hell.
Unfortunately, I will no longer be able to post to FR for a multidude of.....errrr, reasons. ;)
Now let's look at number 4. As a ...gasp ....non-Baptist ...I would have absolutely no problem adhering to the other re-affirmations 100%.
In fact, I have no problem with most of number 4! However, it seems a bit harsh to me that I would have to take an oath not to take alcohol in a restaurant. Furthermore, if I had begun my career at Shorter before this Statement were required, it might seem unfair to me now to have to forswear drinking wine or beer in a restaurant. There are quite enough rules regulating this practice now. Furthermore, I can find nowhere in the Bible that forbids the judicious use of alcoholic beverages. Seems nutty to combine the occasional beer in a restaurant with the rejection of the sexually forbidden, in particular the homosexual lifestyle.
To be scrupulously fair to Shorter University, I would have absolutely no problem with this Affirmation if #4 were made a condition of employment before the fact. But IMHO,Never a good idea to tempt someone into becoming a liar to keep his job ...after the fact.
Interesting Experiment: Take out, or slightly modify, number 4 and see how many of the 50+ stick.