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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts) Wed Feb 6, 2019, 10:19 PM Feb 2019

Most evangelical college students appreciate LGBT people even if trustees don't

From the article:

IDEALS data reveals that a whopping 85 percent of incoming students to evangelical colleges and universities find it at least moderately important that their campuses are welcoming toward LGBT people, with 44 percent finding it very important. That only 67 percent of these students actually perceive their campuses to be welcoming toward LGB people and 62 percent toward trans people, however, suggests that students’ expectations of an inclusive campus are not being met.

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Most evangelical college students appreciate LGBT people even if trustees don't (Original Post) guillaumeb Feb 2019 OP

That's a downright Christian attitude. Mister Ed Feb 2019 #1

yet they support and financially support anti gay institutions. ugh nt msongs Feb 2019 #2

Good. Secular attitudes and philosophies are defeating religious bigotry. trotsky Feb 2019 #3

In fifty years they'll be demanding credit for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #4

Most civil rights marchers were theists. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #5

Most civil rights opponents were theists, too. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #6

I am not claiming s victory for theism. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #8

Of course you are. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #9

As were most people who were the reason civil rights had to be fought for. trotsky Feb 2019 #7

Mister Ed

(6,993 posts)

1. That's a downright Christian attitude.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 10:37 PM

Feb 2019

Good on those young folks.

msongs

(74,214 posts)

2. yet they support and financially support anti gay institutions. ugh nt

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2019, 10:54 PM

Feb 2019

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

3. Good. Secular attitudes and philosophies are defeating religious bigotry.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 09:50 AM

Feb 2019

People are able to recognize more horrible things in their holy books, and rejecting them. Too bad they're still there for others to embrace.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

4. In fifty years they'll be demanding credit for the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Reply to trotsky (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 12:51 PM

Feb 2019

Just like they demand credit for the civil rights movement. Just like they demand credit for abolition. So on. So on.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

5. Most civil rights marchers were theists.

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 04:07 PM

Feb 2019

And the abolition movement was predominantly church based.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

6. Most civil rights opponents were theists, too.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 04:09 PM

Feb 2019

You see where claiming these as victories for the faith is slightly... problemmatic?

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

8. I am not claiming s victory for theism.

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 04:12 PM

Feb 2019

I am stating a fact.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

9. Of course you are.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 04:45 PM

Feb 2019

You waltz around web forums replying to random selections of posts, objectively stating facts with no contextual relation to the preceeding conversation. Seems legit.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

7. As were most people who were the reason civil rights had to be fought for.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 04:10 PM

Feb 2019

You keep forgetting how easy it is to beat you at your own game, gil.

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