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Jonathan Franklin

Students protest against a Seattle university's ban on hiring LGBTQ employees

Students gather a sit-in at Seattle Pacific University on May 26, 2022. (Seattle Pacific University's Alumni Coalition)

Students at Seattle Pacific University (SPU), a private Christian university in Seattle, protested after the campus administration voted last week to uphold rules that ban the hiring of LBGTQ+ staff from working at the university.

Last week, the SPU Board of Trustees voted to retain the university's current employee lifestyle expectations regarding sexual conduct. Following the board's vote, students walked out of class on last Tuesday to protest in front of the university president's office.

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