During the graduation ceremony at Seattle Pacific University on June 12, students protested their school’s ban on LGBTQ+ staff and professors by handing the school’s president a Pride flag as they received their diplomas.<br /><br />Seattle Pacific is a private Christian university in Washington. The board of directors upheld the school’s ban in May, saying in a statement that employees must ‘reflect a traditional view on Biblical marriage and sexuality.’ Chloe Guillot, one of the student organizers, told NowThis that the students have also been staging a sit-in outside the president’s office for the past 20 days & counting.<br />» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/knowthis_youtube<br />» Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe<br /><br />For more U.S. news and politics, subscribe to NowThis News.<br /><br />#Pride #Graduation #LGBTQ #Politics #News #NowThis
