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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Homosexuals aren't barred from attending TWU though. They claim to have accepted homosexual students in the past.
They just make students agree to a covenant which states that while they are there, they will abide by the Protestant Evangelical principles they were founded on, which includes not engaging in sex acts outside of a married man/woman union. Homosexuals are still free to attend the school though, as are single heterosexuals. They are just supposed to agree to practice abstinence while they are there. Agreeing to the covenant to go to school there does not mean that the person is intolerant of others. It just means that they agreed to live a particular lifestyle for themselves while they were there. It's also no one's business what they believe in their minds as long as they can separate it and conduct themselves in a professional manner out in the real world.
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It's still discriminatory. You're giving heterosexual the option to marry and denying that to homosexuals.
We're also talking about a law degree, which is largely a post secondary degree. That means most students are in their late 20s by the time they graduate. To expect people to remain abstinent into their late 20s is not realistic.
That raises another issue entirely, which is the oath. Oath taking is very important to lawyers and the integrity of the justice system. To expect lawyers to take an oath of abstinence that most people know will get broken is to purposely select dishonest lawyers.
Another major issue is the divide between public and private. If people want to practice discrimination against homosexuals in a private club or in the privacy of their own homes, there's really nothing we can do about that. If they want to extend that discrimination into the public, that's another matter. As I stated before the law society works for the public and should not be in any way encouraging or facilitating discrimination.
Let's also be clear about which group is being discriminated against. Homosexuals aren't going into Christian students' homes and slapping bibles out of their hands. It's the Christian University attempting to control the behaviour of the homosexual students. Having to be in the presence of students with different beliefs than you is not discrimination. Once again, if people want to discriminate in the privacy of their homes, there's nothing we can do about that. However, that behaviour should not be allowed into the public sphere, not even tangentially.
Let's also be clear that certain Christians are not being tolerant of homosexuals in any way. Their belief is that homosexuals deserve to go to hell, which is the worst thing, in their belief system, that can possibly happen to a human being.
I'm not trying to single out Christians here either. We just happen to be talking about TWU, which is a Christian school. There are conservative beliefs in most religions that discriminate against homosexuals.