- Update 2/10/15: Gordon College not in danger of losing accreditation but there still seems be a question. (See also the National Review Online editorial.)
- Original post:
David French draws attention to the persecution of Gordon College. As leftists go after restaurants (Chick-Fil-A) or craft stores (Hobby Lobby), on the basis of the Left's sexual orthodoxy, the right takes action. But not many know about isolated colleges in the northeast being hounded and persecuted and under threat of losing their accreditation because it has a policy they believe sex should be in marriage only.
French suggestrs a remedy:
The new conservative congressional majority must put the Department of Education on notice that it will not be permitted to “recognize” any accrediting agency that seeks to impose an ideological litmus test on private, religious colleges. If the New England Association has given Gordon College a year to toe the leftist line, Congress should give the Department of Education and the New England Association six months to reaffirm its regulatory requirement to respect Gordon’s religious mission.