A Blacklist of Honour

A Mark of Faithfulness

In the United States the LGBT (that's Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, and Trans-sexual) Campus Pride has published a black-list of Christian schools and colleges which are not dancing to its tune.

Shane Windmeyer, the head of Campus Pride, has an op-ed up on NBCNews.com in which he calls on corporations to blacklist graduates from these universities. Excerpt:

The business case for equality is clear. If companies take pride in “being inclusive and welcoming to all” and say that “discrimination is wrong,” these same corporations must consider their associations with these 102 anti-LGBTQ campuses. Discrimination under the guise of religion is still discrimination. It is the most oppressive and hurtful kind of bias and prejudice to LGBTQ people, who have been victimized by religion-based bigotry for many years.

The harmful association with anti-LGBTQ laws and policies is cause for alarm for any business looking toward the future. If a campus wishes to have an anti-LGBTQ policy sanctioned under the law with a Title IX exemption, that is their choice. Campus Pride published the Shame List so everyone will know about these campuses.

[Hat Tip: Rod Dreher at American Conservative.]

We think this provides a huge opportunity for faithful Christian schools and colleges.  Imagine the brand and recruiting power of being able to proclaim: "xx Christian College, faithful to God and Holy Writ in all things.  Blacklisted by Campus Pride."  If any Christian school ends up not being blacklisted by Campus Pride there are all sorts of questions conscientious Christians need to start asking about that particular institution.

You can imagine concerned school presidents writing to Shane Windmeyer demanding that they be put on the Campus Pride blacklist, whilst presenting all the evidence as to why they rightly ought to be blacklisted.

Matthew 5:11  Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.