LGBT Expulsion

http://diverseeducation.com/article/53991/

    A student was expelled from a private Christian college called Grace University for being same-sex attraction.  The student, Danielle Powell, was expelled for not upholding the Christian character required by the school.  The college initially suspended the student because Powell’s lesbian relationship came to the attention of Grace University, but then when Grace got enough evidence of her relationship, they accused Powell of being deceitful and charged her $6,300 for the scholarship that was withdrawn.  

    Do private schools have too much freedom, or is that freedom the right of the institution?  It’s hard to say, because the school made it clear that students must uphold Christian character as part of attending their school.  However, LGBT is still a misunderstood community, and the school could be seen as discriminating.  The irony is that the name Grace undoubtedly refers to the forgiveness of God through His son Jesus Christ’s death on the cross for our sins.  It’s interesting that the school was unwilling to forgive Powell’s relationship, but the school had no obligation to overlook a failure in the school’s character requirement.  

    The separation between church and state has produced a strange situation where, although public institutions of education cannot force or even allow students to discuss religion with staff members and teachers, but the state cannot infringe on a private institutions rights to operate in whatever way they see fit.  In this case, that means that Grace University was well within its rights to deny education to a student with same-sex attraction and demand repayment of the scholarship funding that had been provided to the student for that semester.