“Students are also calling for a disaffiliation with the Free Methodist Church because if our affiliation is causing them to discriminate, then why are we affiliated,” ASSP President Laur Lugos told Seattle-based NBC affiliate KING-TV.Ĭlasses ended for the summer but students plan to continue protesting. Students and the association are calling for the university to disaffiliate with Free Methodist Church USA and for those who voted for the policy to be fired. “University employees are expected to refrain from: sexual behavior that is inconsistent with the University‘s understanding of Biblical standards, including cohabitation, extramarital sexual activity, and same-sex sexual activity,” according to the policy. Students are calling for an end to a policy they see as openly homophobic and discriminatory. The Associated Students of Seattle Pacific has been overseeing a sit-in at the SPU administration building for the past few weeks. The demonstration did not stop at the graduation ceremony.
