CCCU vice chair admits there is 'risk' associated with its LGBT compromise
A board member for one of the largest Christian college associations in the country admits that there is “risk” associated with its recent push for legislation that would provide LGBT discrimination protections in exchange for religious exemptions for traditional Christian beliefs on sexuality.
Shirley Mullen, president of Houghton College in Western New York and vice chair of the board of directors for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, defended the 180-school network’s support for the “Fairness for All” initiative during a lunch discussion with reporters Friday at the CCCU’s annual Presidents Conference on Capitol Hill.
The conference was held a little over a month after it was made public that CCCU and the National Association of Evangelicals had issued their support for an initiative that would amend civil rights law to provide legal protections on the basis of sexual...