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Inside Higher Ed

February 3, 2012

At a panel discussion at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities' annual meeting of presidents today, presenters made one thing clear: American culture may have changed, but their institutions' interpretation of the Bible - which views homosexuality as immoral - will not. So the discussion, as described by the panelists and members of the audience, dealt not with whether colleges should change their attitudes toward gay students, but how to deal with the controversy that breaks out when students or alumni pressure a college to change.

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