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The American Baptist College in Tennessee is facing criticism after the
school invited a married lesbian bishop to participate in a lecture
series.
According to Christian Today,
the college in Nashville invited Bishop Yvette Flunder to the school to
speak about her work with HIV/Aids. In response, the National Baptist
Fellowship of Concerned Pastors has started an online petition to
rescind the invitation.
"We believe that President Forrest Harris should rescind the invitation
for Bishop Yvette Flunder to speak at ABC, solely on the basis that she
is a proud, practicing, and public advocate of same-sex marriage,” the
petition says. “We are also requesting that in the future, no male or
female involved in a same-sex marriage be invited to speak at ABC.”
The fellowship also released a statement to news media: "For a Baptist
college president to invite a lesbian bishop legally married to a woman,
to be a guest speaker and worship leader on a Baptist college campus is
irresponsible, scandalous, non-biblical, and certainly displeasing to
God."
Harris, however, said he would not rescind his invitation to Flunder.
"The college's tradition of civil rights advocacy and leadership
demands that our students become critical thinkers by exposing them to
credible scholarship, professors, religious and non-religious ideas and
presentations that document the systematic denial of the legal, civil
and human rights of persons and groups, particularly in the communities
where our students are likely to be employed or choose to serve," he
said.
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