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Azusa Pacific Reinstates Full Ban on Same-Sex Relationships

October 02, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

Inside Higher Ed

By Emma Whitford

October 1, 2018

Reversing a policy that was in place for only a few weeks, Azusa Pacific Universityreinstated the same-sex relationship clause in the student standards of conduct, which states that “Students may not engage in a romanticized same-sex relationship.” The Board of Trustees issued a statement on the reversal.

“Last week, reports circulated about a change in the undergraduate student standards of conduct. That action concerning romanticized relationships was never approved by the board and the original wording has been reinstated,” the statement read. “We pledge to boldly uphold biblical values and not waiver in our Christ-centered mission. We will examine how we live up to these high ideals and enact measures that prevent us from swaying from that sure footing.”

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