Abilene Christian University Bans Same-Sex Relationships for Some Student Employees

When Ryan Clements, a 25-year-old alumnus of Abilene Christian University (TX) , found out his alma mater was planning to ban some students’ same-sex dating relationships, he said it “hit home in a big way.”  Clements, an openly gay Christian, said he felt pained “that a school that I loved and that gave me so much and that I tried to pour myself into when I was there would take this kind of action against students like me.”  The private college in West Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ, said earlier this month it would bar student employees from dating people of the same sex.