Worst List: The Absolute Worst, Most Unsafe Campuses for LGBTQ+ Youth
The Worst List identifies the “absolute worst, most unsafe campuses for LGBTQ youth” in the United States. The colleges & universities listed have chosen to openly discriminate against LGBTQ youth and/or have requested Title IX exemptions to perpetuate the harms of religion-based bigotry. The criterion to be the “absolute worst” campus includes either of the following: 1) Received and/or applied for a Title IX exemption to discriminate against LGBTQ youth and/or 2) Demonstrated past history and track record of anti-LGBTQ actions, programs and practices.
Find LGBTQ-friendly Colleges & Universities: Prospective students and families who are looking for LGBTQ-friendly campuses are encouraged to check out the Campus Pride Index for a free online search database.
Abilene Christian University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and most recently, implemented an aggressive, discriminatory ban on same-sex relationships for student employees (including same-sex dating) that has created an inhospitable, harmful climate.
As stated on the campus website, those student workers “asked to exemplify and support the university’s mission” — will be barred from dating people of the same sex, similar to how faculty and staff have been for years.
American Indian College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2017 – Student Handbook states that: “The College believes that God created mankind in His image, both male and female (Genesis 1:27; Matthew 19:4-5). We further believe that God established an individual’s gender at birth. Any advocacy, expressions of sentiment or practice otherwise violate are out of harmony with the religious convictions of SAGU AIC. Thus transgenderism is disapproved. The same Christian standard applies to all administration, faculty, staff, and students.”
The biblical writers make it clear that practicing homosexuals, along with sexually immoral heterosexuals and all other unrepentant sinners, will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9–10)
The Fellowship supports the dignity of individual persons affirming their biological sex and discouraging any and all attempts to physically change, alter, or disagree with their predominant biological sex—including but not limited to elective sex-reassignment, transvestite, transgender, or nonbinary “genderqueer” acts or conduct. (Genesis 1:26–28; Romans 1:26–32; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11).
Anderson University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 – Student Handbook states that: "We believe, that God, in his image, created humanity as male and female (Genesis 1:27) and that Jesus affirmed this truth (Matthew 19:4, Mark 10:6). On the basis of biblical teaching and together with the vast majority of Christians throughout the ages, we affirm that marriage between one man and one woman is the only proper context for sexual intimacy and that abstinence should be observed in singleness."
Andrews University has qualified for the Worst List because it has an extensive and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including opposing student advocacy for LGBTQ homeless youth, along with banning same-sex relationships and official LGBTQ student groups.
January 2021 - Andrews University purports inclusion in A Seventh-day Adventist Framework for Relating to Sexual Orientation Differences on the Campus of Andrews University for LGBTQ students. The framework does not address discriminatory acts and treatment of transgender students as well as further servers to reiterate discriminatory treatment by not allowing LGBTQ students to live holistically and authentically their full Christian identities. It is apparent this webpage Haven: Care for our LGBT+ Students on the official campus website is intended to pacify and diffuse any LGBTQ concerns and improve public perception of the campus. Unfortunately the webpage serves to only disguise negative harms and illustrate how the campus fails to comprehend LGBTQ well-being, mental health, and safety.
Appalachian Bible College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Arlington Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
This is in sharp contrast to the written letters issued from the Dept. of Education under the Obama Administration requesting additional information prior to receiving a Title IX exemption, as the letter states: Primarily, the written "request'' for exemption from an institution is a request for assurance from OCR of exemptions to certain sections of the regulation. Religious institutions that have neither sought nor received prior written acknowledgement from OCR may still invoke their exemption after OCR receives a Title IX complaint. If, however. the College would like written acknowledgement from OCR of its exempt status, the College may submit a statement from its highest-ranking official that identifies the provisions of Title IX that conflict with the specific tenets of the controlling religious organization.
"We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Gen 1:26-27.) Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. We believe that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one male as born at birth and one female as born at birth in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Gen 2:18-25.) We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Cor 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb 13:4.)"
"We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God. (Matt 15:18-20; 1 Cor 6:9-10.) We believe that in order to preserve the function and integrity of Arlington Baptist University as an institution proclaiming biblical truth, and in order to provide a biblical role model to the college’s students and its community, it is imperative that all persons employed by Arlington Baptist University in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality. (Matt 5:16; Phil 2:14-16; 1 Thess 5:22.)"
"The Bible also forbids such activities as gossip, gluttony, drunkenness, stealing, dishonesty, murder, profanity, occult involvement, adultery, premarital sex, and homosexual behavior."
"Students are not allowed to maintain same-sex romantic relationships."
Asbury Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Asbury University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
March 2020 - Column in the Lexington Herald-Leader shares how campus refused to renew the contracts of two professors who are “LGBTQ affirming.” Two Asbury professors named in the column are Jill Campbell, assistant professor of music education and voice, and Jon Roller, professor and founder of the school’s Worship Arts program.
Azusa Pacific University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds. In addition, Azusa Pacific University worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
APU Haven, the university’s current unofficial LGBTQ student group, can be reached via Facebook.
Campus History
April 2006 – “The Table is Open,” But Are All Welcome?
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Belmont Abbey College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Belmont Abbey College currently has no known LGBTQ student group.
2022 - Student Handbook states that: "The College affirms that sexual relationships are designed by God to be expressed solely within a marriage between husband and wife."
Bethany Global University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "BGU students are committed to live by the biblical standard of sexual purity ordained by God and affirmed by Jesus Christ, which excludes all sexual activity outside of the marriage covenant between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Ephesians 5:31; Hebrews 13:4)"
2022 - Statement of Faith states that: "BGU holds that there are two genders created by God, male and female, which are assigned at birth and not a matter of free will. Students are expected to use the dorms and bathrooms of their gender. In addition, BGU holds to the biblical definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman and holds students to only pursue relationships with the opposite sex."
Bethel University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status while still receiving federal funds.
Bethel University (formerly Bethel College) has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Bethel University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a demonstrated past history and track record of anti-LGBTQ actions, programs and practices.
Campus History
May 2015 - What It’s Like to Be Gay at a Christian College—Where It’s a Reportable Offense - “There’s no discussion,” Sandberg said. “It’s either ‘you’re a sinner’ … or ‘let’s get close so we can fix you.’ It’s a really toxic environment.” Along with eating disorders, suicidal behavior, and alcohol use, resident assistants must immediately report homosexuality to their hall directors and possibly Student Life deans.
Bethlehem College and Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
Biola University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds. Biola University has also qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
"When joining the Biola community, students agree to refrain from engaging in behaviors and romantic relationships that are inconsistent with Biola’s position on marriage."
"The University maintains the right, with regard to admissions, enrollment, its curricular and co-curricular programs, employment, and other matters, to uphold and apply its religious beliefs related to, among other issues, marriage, sex (gender), gender identity, sexual orientation, and sexual activity."
Blue Mountain College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status while still receiving federal funds.
Blue Mountain College currently has no known LGBTQ student group.
Bob Jones University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds. They also have an extensive and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including expelling students who come out and banning same-sex relationships and official LGBTQ student groups.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Boston Baptist College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Brewton Parker College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Brigham Young University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds. In Addition, Brigham Young University has an established and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination that endangers victims of sexual assault and has resulted in a call for it to not be included as a Big 12 school.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
August 2021 - Former President of Brigham Young University Elder Jeffrey Holland denounced LGBTQ+ students and suggested, in a violent turn of rhetoric, that BYU Professors needed to use their “musket fire” against LGBTQ ideology rather than directing “friendly fire” against the church. The Elder Holland criticized what he described as their failure to defend the anti-LBGTQ+ policies of the Church. He also denounced BYU graduate Matt Easton’s heroic act of coming out during his commencement speech as valedictorian of BYU’s political science program in 2019.
Brigham Young University-Idaho has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Bryan College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Campus History
December 2014 – Little Lion Man: A Bryan College Story
Cairn University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"Cairn University affirms the biblical teachings that a sexual relationship is intended only within a heterosexual marriage of husband and wife. All students are to abstain from any type of sexual activity or immoral relationship outside of the marriage of a man and a woman (Gen. 1:27; Rom. 1:27; Gal. 5:19-21; 1 Thess. 4:3-8; Heb. 13:4)."
"Scripture expressly forbids certain sexual behaviors, including, but not limited to: fornication, adultery, incest, and homosexual acts (Ex 20:14; Lev 18:7-23, 20:10-21; Matt 5:27-28; Rom 1:20-27; 1 Cor 6:9; Gal 5:19; Eph 4:17-19; Col 3:5)."
"Choice of clothing is to be consistent with the student’s assigned sex at birth."
"Further, housing assignments and policies are to reflect a student’s sex at birth."
California Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
Carson-Newman University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "Persons who choose to become part of the Carson-Newman family are expected to embrace moral, ethical and Biblical values on and off campus. In the area of sexuality, lifestyles consistent with biblical teaching are expected. Specifically stated, sexual intimacy is to be expressed exclusively inside the marriage covenant which shall be between a man and a woman."
Cedarville University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a pending Title IX exemption request which acknowledges the college request to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds. Members of its staff have also signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Central Christian College of the Bible has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Charleston Southern University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"As such, this institution regards the sex at birth as the identification of the given biological gender of every member of this institution. Therefore, any attempts to blur the demarcations between maleness and femaleness—e.g., identifying oneself as a transvestite, transsexual, or transgendered—is contrary to biblical principles. The institution views the actions or intentions of those seeking fundamental alterations of any kind from the individual’s sex identity at birth as a rejection of the biblical and theological underpinnings to which this institution is committed, and therefore grounds for expulsion and permanent barring of a current student, employee, or director, or the denial of consideration for enrollment, hiring, or service of an applicant. The same actions may be taken against any persistent or exaggerated display of cross-dressing, or other relevant manifestation of actions that are deliberately cacophonous with one’s sex at birth, or activist promoting the acceptance of such unbiblical views."
"God’s design of marital intimacy becomes the foundation for our understanding of all acts of sexuality outside of a heterosexual monogamous marriage. Scripture teaches that sexual relations of any kind outside of heterosexual monogamous marriage – adultery, fornication, homosexuality, bisexual, transgender, bestiality, incest, molestation, pornography, or any attempt to change the sex of one’s birth - are inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture and Church history and therefore prohibited of those within the Christian faith."
"We hold that chastity for the unmarried person is sexual purity and chastity within marriage to be sexual faithfulness, and that both are affirmed by Scripture and blessed by God. Consequently, as part of living out a consistent, biblical spirituality, one dedicated to the pursuit of Christ-likeness, all members of CCCTS are to avoid sexual intimacy outside of monogamous heterosexual marriage and to refrain from encouraging said action in others. Whatever one’s personal feelings or desires, the call of Jesus on our lives is the same: sexual purity manifest among the married as complete faithfulness and by those who are single by living a pure and unblemished life (I Thessalonians 4:3-8)."
Christendom College has qualified for the Worst List because of their history of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. Christendom College has also qualified for the Worst List because it refuses to uphold any part of Title IX reporting requirements and reportedly has chosen not to receive federal monies in order to do so. As a result, this campus does not comply with Title IX protections for any of its students, including for LGBTQ+ students.
Campus History
June 2017 - Powerpoint Presentation links same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights to Cultural and Moral Decline
August 2019 - Website links to a United States Conference of Catholic Bishops “Gender theory”/“Gender ideology” – Select Teaching Resources that states that: “In Europe, America, Latin America, Africa, and in some countries of Asia, there are genuine forms of ideological colonization taking place. And one of these - I will call it clearly by its name – is [the ideology of] ‘gender’. Today children – children! – are taught in school that everyone can choose his or her sex. Why are they teaching this? Because the books are provided by the persons and institutions that give you money. These forms of ideological colonization are also supported by influential countries. And this terrible!”
"Students are not to engage in and maintain same-sex romantic or sexual relationships."
"Clothing should be appropriate for the student’s assigned sex at birth."
"The university will not support persistent or conspicuous examples of cross-dressing or other actions that are deliberately discordant with the students’ assigned sex at birth and will deal with such matters within the biblical counseling and judicial processes of the institution."
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
The College of Biblical Studies has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"All board members, administrators, faculty, staff members, students, applicants, and all volunteers must agree to, adhere to in attitudes, actions, and beliefs these principles as well as the below-outlined actions and other related acts that are prohibited in Scripture, both explicitly and in principle (Romans 12:1-2). The holy purpose of God from the very beginning was for sex and marriage to be monogamous between one man and one woman, as originally biologically created by God, united in holy matrimony for life (Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 19:4-6; Ephesians 5:31-32)."
"Some sexual actions are always prohibited in the Bible including, but not limited to, fornication, adultery, homosexuality, transgender identification, bestiality/zoophilia, prostitution, rape, and sinful lust in all forms. "
"As a result, the Bible forbids individuals from adopting a gender identity that conflicts with the biological sex they received from birth and to affirm others who accept the sex they were biologically assigned at birth (Deuteronomy 22:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9, where use of μαλακοὶ means “effeminate” or indicating a rejection of one’s God-given, biological sex). The Bible teaches that exchanging the natural functions of the God-given sex for unnatural functions (including same-sex attraction or desiring to convert to another gender) is a result of sin (Romans 1:26-27). The Bible recognizes only two sexes — male and female — and a trust in the sovereignty of God will lead Christians to display and adopt only the sex God biologically gave them at birth (Genesis 5:2; Matthew 19:4). To do otherwise through sex reassignment, transvestite, transgender, gender-fluid, or nonbinary “genderqueer” and related acts or conduct is to question God’s providence and sovereignty."
"Unacceptable Conduct: The following includes, but is not limited to, conduct that is in conflict with the Scriptural Christian lifestyle that will require a student conduct review and, if necessary, imposed sanctions: 1. Scripture specifically prohibits stealing, violence, harassment (all forms), outbursts of anger, threats, lying, cheating, stealing, profane language, and occult practices. Sexual immorality is also prohibited including, but not limited to, fornication, adultery, homosexuality, transgender identification, bestiality/zoophilia, prostitution, incest rape and sinful lust in all forms (actions influenced by lust include but are not limited to pornography, pedophilia, sexting, voyeurism, and sex trafficking). These prohibitions are clearly understood to be biblical commands that are binding upon every Christian believer."
College of the Ozarks has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Colorado Christian University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Columbia International University, previously called The Southern Bible Institute and Columbia Bible College & Columbia Biblical Seminary, has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status while still receiving federal funds.
Compass College of Cinematic Arts has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Concordia University Irvine has qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
Corban University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion. It also has an extensive and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including employing faculty who specialize in "unwanted same-sex attractions," along with banning same-sex relationships and official LGBTQ student groups.
Covenant College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"As such, students are to live in accordance with the birth sex gifted them by their Creator. Actions taken toward adopting a different biological sex (Gen. 1:27), sexual immorality (I Cor. 6:18, 1 Tim 1:8-11), adultery (Exodus 20:14), homosexual practice (Romans 1:26-27), and all other sexual relations (1 Cor. 6:9-10) outside the bounds of marriage between a man and woman are inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture and will result in disciplinary follow-up by the College."
"Students are also required to abstain from all activities which violate biblical teachings, such as theft, drunkenness, slanderous or profane language, all forms of dishonesty including cheating, and sexual sins (such as premarital sex, adultery, homosexual behavior and the use or possession of obscene or pornographic material)."
Criswell College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Crown College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Dallas Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Dallas Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds. Members of its staff have also signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
East Texas Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Eastern University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and is cited as one of the campuses in the class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education for abuses to LGBTQ+ students over the years.
Campus History
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Elim Bible Institute and College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
We believe that God created mankind as two distinct sexes: male and female, and that each person affirms God’s infinite wisdom by living in alignment with their birth sex. GEN 1:26-28; MATT 19:4-5
We believe that sexual purity is a necessary expression for all of God’s children, and requires abstinence from adultery, fornication, incest, homosexuality, and other sexual relationships or practices forbidden by Scripture. HEB. 13:4; 1 COR. 6:18; LEV. 18:1-30; GAL. 5:19
We believe that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime, and a sacred institution established by God. MATT. 19:4-6
"EBIC believes that human sexuality is a gift of God. We choose to affirm its goodness and to exercise it within the guidelines set by God in the Scriptures. EBIC reserves the right to counsel and, in some cases, take disciplinary action against students who overstep these Scriptural guidelines. EBIC has adopted a position on sexuality that is higher than what the Affirmative Consent and Responsible Employees laws require regarding premarital sexual engagement. EBIC believes God has reserved the most intimate of sexual relationships for the marriage union between a man and a woman. It is, therefore, not only a violation of our social policy but also of God's law to engage in such behavior outside of the marriage covenant."
Emmanuel University (changed name from Emanuel College in July 2023) has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Erskine College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "Because of this belief, students are not allowed to identify as a gender other than the biological gender God created them to be, whether this be through dress and appearance, or through medical intervention in order to change their biological sex. As a Christian residential institution of higher learning, we will respect those whose moral views diverge from ours and seek to embody the gentle and patient love of Christ for all. We will make institutional decisions pursuant to this gender identity policy regarding housing, student admission and retention, employment hiring and retention, and other matters. Erskine College is a religious educational institution and is exempt from certain provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972."
Evangel University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"Additionally, for the duration of their tenure at Evangel, students pledge to abide by the following community standards: Uphold standards of sexual purity and humility: maintaining modest appearance standards; not engaging in sexual activity prior to or outside of marriage—as recognized in the biblical covenant between a man and woman, including cohabitation, same-sex sexual relationships, genital contact, intercourse, sexting (chats or video), sexually explicit dancing, pornography, etc."
"Gender identity: We regard sex at birth as the identification of a person’s biological sex and do not support attempts to alter one’s birth sex in favor of an opposite psychological gender. This statement is not meant to reflect those rare situations concerning congenital disorders of sex development. See also Sexuality and Gender Identity."
"Sexual behavior: We believe that sexual intimacy was created by God as an expression of love between a woman and a man in a life-long marriage commitment. Students are expected to abstain from premarital or extramarital sexual behavior, including, but not limited to cohabitation, same-sex sexual relationships, genital contact, oral sex, sexting (or sharing provocative electronic images via cell phones, computers, or webcams),and/or intercourse. Confidential University resources are available through a campus counselor or a campus pastor."
"We regard sex at birth as the identification of a person’s biological sex and do not support attempts to alter one’s birth sex in favor of an opposite psychological gender."
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
2022 - Faith Statement states that: "We believe that marriage was divinely ordained to be the lifelong and exclusive union of one man and one woman, and we affirm that the Scriptures prohibit all sexual intimacy outside of this Biblical, marital relationship. We believe that God created both male and female, and that He designed gender distinctions between men and women, including the Biblically-defined and distinctive roles of husband and wife. Since gender distinctions are rooted in divine order, changing or disguising one’s inherited sex (and correlated gender) reflective of this order transgresses God’s design. We believe in the sanctity of life of all human persons, including the unborn, ailing, and aging."
Faith International University and Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
Family of Faith Christian University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, and pregnancy while still receiving federal funds.
"The educational instruction and all other activities of Family of Faith Christian University shall at all times be based upon and consistent with the following beliefs:"
"God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary sexes together reflect the image and nature of God. Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. Gen 1:26-27"
"Any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, cohabitation, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, or use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God. Matt 15:18-20; 1 Cor 6:9-10"
Faulkner University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IXin order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
In God’s perfect design for human sexuality, He instituted marriage between one man and one woman as the only permissible means by which couples could fulfill one another sexually4 . Christians are cautioned to flee sexual immorality and thus to honor God with our bodies (1 Corinthians 6:18-20 NIV). As followers of Jesus Christ, we are committed to being good stewards of the gifts the Creator has provided, including this gift of our sexuality
We believe God’s intention is that human beings live their lives (in terms of both sexual orientation and gender identity) in accordance with the male or female biological sex characteristics they possessed at birth. (Gen 1-2). We believe that sexual orientation and/or gender identity in contradiction to one’s biological sex may sometimes be affected inexplicably through a complicated process involving the brain, genetics and relationships. We sadly acknowledge that “as a result of The Fall, complete physical and emotional wholeness for humanity will never fully occur on earth and that humans' experience of sex and gender (and many other things in our world) may not always be as the Creator originally designed”
Further, we do not affirm attempts (social and/or physiological) to change one’s given biological birth sex in favor of the identity of the opposite sex or of an intermediate or a fluid sexual identity.
Because the Bible condemns homosexual acts11, Faulkner does not condone homosexual relationships, nor does it permit any behavior that promotes or perpetuates homosexual relationships—whether holding hands, kissing, hugging, or any other romantic or sexual activity of any kind. Students who violate these conduct expectations are subject to corrective or disciplinary action, up to and including suspension or dismissal from the University (Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9).
Florida College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status while still receiving federal funds.
2022 - 2023 - Student Handbook states that: "Students are expected to maintain their moral integrity within personal relationships. Sexual relationships of any type outside of marriage as defined in Scripture (Gen. 2:18–24) are not tolerated."
Franciscan University of Steubenville has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Freed-Hardeman University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Fresno Pacific University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds. Fresno Pacific University has also qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
Campus History
April 2007 – Fresno Pacific University Faculty Reaches Out to Equality Riders for Resolutions; Young Adults Bring Discussion of Christian Faith and LGBT Issues
Fuller Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and is cited as one of the campuses in the class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education for abuses to LGBTQ+ students over the years.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Gateway Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
2018 - Ethical Conduct Standard form states that: "The behavior of every student is subject to review at all times during the full duration of enrollment in the Seminary. The Seminary reserves the right, at any time, to investigate student conduct and terminate the enrollment of any student who does not meet the Ethical Conduct Standard. Students are accountable to meet the requirements of the Ethical Conduct Standards until they are approved for graduation and the public graduation ceremony at their respective campus has been conducted. When a violation of these standards occurs near graduation, disciplinary actions by the seminary may include delaying or denying conferring of a degree and participation in a graduation ceremony.These ethical standards are articulated, but not limited to, the following statements: Sexual misconduct — including any form of extramarital sexual intercourse, inappropriate displays of affection or attention, lewd and indecent language or conduct, and homosexual behavior."
Geneva College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds. Geneva College has also hosted multiple "ex-gay" speakers on campus.
"The College draws a distinction between romantic behavior – for example, extended or repeated hand holding, hugging, and kissing – between members of the opposite sex and between members of the same sex. The former, between persons of the opposite sex, is permitted if it is done with appropriate restraint. The latter, between persons of the same sex, is not permitted. The rationale for this distinction is that romantic behavior between members of the opposite sex can lead, in time, to an appropriate, godly sexual relationship in marriage. There is no such possibility for persons in same-sex relationships (based on the College’s understanding of Scripture)."
"Given the confessional commitments in the Geneva College Charter and Mission, College decisions regarding student admission and retention, employment hiring and retention, housing, restroom usage, and other related matters will be made according to one’s given biological sex established at birth."
"Geneva College designates housing, restroom, and locker room facilities for use according to one’s given biological sex established at birth. The college rejects claims to differential treatment in housing, restrooms, or locker rooms on the grounds of gender identity that differs from someone’s given biological sex established at birth."
"Geneva College requires student athletes to participate in college sports teams based on one’s given biological sex established at birth. The college does not permit students of one sex to play on sports teams of the opposite sex because of a claimed gender identity."
"Geneva College provides counseling and medical care that encourages people to work through problems of sexual uncertainty to engage their given biological sex established at birth. The college does not support use of medical procedures when a person chooses to make a physical alteration to that of the opposite sex."
"Specific acts such as drunkenness, stealing, the use of slanderous or profane language, all forms of harassment, all forms of dishonesty, involvement in or depiction of occult or satanic activity, sexual sins (i.e. premarital sex, cohabitation with a member of the opposite sex, rape, adultery, homosexual behavior), and the use or display of obscene and/or pornographic materials will not be tolerated."
George Fox University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Campus History
March 2012 – George Fox Alums Speak Out Against School’s Anti-Gay Policies
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Gordon College has qualified for the Worst List because it has a long and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including the administration’s retaliation against a professor who criticized the school’s ban on hiring sexually active LGBTQ people; and college president Michael Lindsay’s request for a religious exemption to President Barack Obama’s non-discrimination executive order to protect LGBTQ students under Title IX.
Grace Christian University (formerly Grace Bible College) has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"Humans are created by God, in His image and by His authority as male and female (Genesis 1:26-28). The example of Scripture and its consistent teaching is that God’s design for sexual intimacy is limited to monogamous heterosexual marriage."
"In light of this, we do not support or affirm: marriage of any kind other than marriage between one man and one woman; sexual relations of any kind outside the confines of marriage between one man and one woman; resolution or attempted resolution of tension between one’s biological birth sex and one’s expression of gender by the adoption of a psychological identity discordant with one’s biological birth sex; changes or attempts to change one’s given biological birth sex via medical intervention in favor of the identity of the opposite sex or of an indeterminate identity."
"Sexual sins such as premarital sex, adultery, homosexual behavior, rejection of one’s biological sex, or any form of sexual harassment or assault are a violation of God’s moral code and are cause for dismissal from Grace Christian University."
"A member of the Grace Christian University community who openly and unrepentantly rejects their sex, either in or out of school, is rejecting the image of God within that person – behavior that dishonors the Holy Trinity and the Word of God. Such behavior constitutes a person’s failure to adhere to their commitment to abide by the behavioral standards established by Grace Christian University which is cause for terminating their privilege of membership in the Grace community."
Grace College has qualified for the Worst List because of their discriminatory and anti-LGBTQ+ language in their Student Handbook and Community Lifestyle Statement.
Campus History
November 2015 - Community Lifestyle Statement states that: "In seeking to live out the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) rather than deeds of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21), items expressly forbidden in the Scripture are not acceptable for members of the Grace Schools community. Examples include pride, greed, lust, slander, drunkenness, profane language, premarital sex, adultery, homosexual behavior, and prejudice (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). We affirm the holy institution of marriage as being between one man and one woman, rooted as it is in God’s creation of man and woman and in the relationship of Christ and his church."
Grace University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and is cited as one of the campuses in the class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education for abuses to LGBTQ+ students over the years.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Grove City College has qualified for the Worst List because of its past history and track record against LGBTQ people as well as its longstanding noncompliance with Title IX. Grove City College refused to execute an Assurance of Compliance with Title IX's nondiscrimination provisions and chose not to comply with Title IX. On February 28, 1984, the Supreme Court issued its decision (6-3 majority) in Grove City College v. Bell. As a result, Grove City College is not compliant with nondiscrimination protections under Title IX and not qualified for federal grants, loans or any form of federal financial assistance.
In addition, Grove City College members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
2022 - According to the Grove City College Student Handbook, “Members of the student body are expected to behave in a manner consistent with the College’s desire to provide an authentically Christian environment. Examples of behavior which constitute a violation of this Community Standard include, but are not limited to…Sexual misconduct including premarital sex (heterosexual or homosexual) or any other such conduct that violates historic Christian standards...” and residence halls at Grove City College are assigned by birth gender.
Gutenberg College has qualified for the Worst List because it refuses to uphold any part of Title IX reporting requirements and reportedly has chosen not to receive federal monies in order to do so. As a result, this campus does not comply with Title IX protections for any of its students, including for LGBTQ+ students.
Former student shares the "biblical sexual ethics" of the Gutenberg College that"...puts gay people in the same category as cannibals, child rapists, and people who f@#$ automobiles. They are all on the same level of 'morally disgusting' and 'viscerally repulsive'"
Hannibal-LaGrange University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Hardin-Simmons University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "As an institution, HSU holds the value that the act of sex should be reserved for marriage between a man and a woman. Any sexual act outside of this definition is outside the bounds of how we interpret God’s word in the Bible. Education of a biblical view of sexual relations is the outcome that we seek. When a complaint or violation of the policy shows that a student acted outside of our biblical values of dignity and respect, we will address the conduct and hold students accountable."
Harding University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "Harding University holds to the biblical principle that God instituted marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman and that gender identity is given by God and revealed in one’s birth sex. Students are prohibited from being married to or dating a person of the same sex. Neither may students engage in behavior suggesting a romantic relationship with a person of the same sex. The University further holds to the biblical principle that sexual relationships outside the context of marriage are unacceptable to God and immoral. Sexual immorality in any form will result in suspension from the University."
Erskine College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status while still receiving federal funds.
Hillsdale College has qualified for the Worst List because they have a demonstrated history of anti-LGBTQ+ language and reject federal funding in order to be exempt from Title IX.
Campus History
July 2010 - Guidelines Regarding the Mission and Moral Commitments of Hillsdale College state that:“The College has always understood morally responsible sexual acts to be those occurring in marriage and between the sexes. This understanding has been unwavering, undergirds its policies regarding student conduct, and informs its institutional practices."
2023 - Their website states that: "While there are differing perspectives on the LGBTQ relationships within the Christian community, Houghton University’s policies are based on the definition of marriage between a man and a woman as stated by The Wesleyan Church."
Houston Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Howard Payne University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2020 - 2021 - Student Handbook states that: "Using the Bible and BGCT affirmed documents as the foundation for institutional policies and practices, HPU affirms fidelity in marriage, purity/ celibacy in singleness, marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and God’s creation of male and female through biological gender assignments. HPU students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with these standards of Christian morality. Students who engage in behaviors that violate these standards including, but not limited to, sexual activity outside of marriage, sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sexual assault/ violence, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, the use of pornographic material, and activities related to adopting a gender other than one’s birth gender, are subject to disciplinary sanctions up to and including expulsion from the University. HPU students are expected to refrain from participating in advocacy groups and/or organizations that promote understandings of sexuality and gender identity that are contrary to these biblical teachings and norms as defined by the University."
Indiana Wesleyan University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
John Paul the Great Catholic University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds. John Paul the Great Catholic University has also qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
Judson College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds. The college closed its doors in 2021.
Judson University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2019-2020 - Student Handbook states that: "Any form of sexual immorality-including but not limited to pre-marital sex, cohabitation, homosexual behavior, and the use of pornography-is prohibited."
Kentucky Mountain Bible College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2016-2017 - Academic Catalog states that: "Therefore, KMBC retains the right to refuse enrollment to or to suspend any student who engages in sexual immorality, including any student who professes to be homosexual/bisexual or who is a practicing homosexual/bisexual, as well as any student who condones, supports, or otherwise promotes such practices (Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:24-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; 1 Timothy 1:9-11)."
2022 - Doctrine of Faith states that: "KMBC is committed to the Wesleyan interpretation of Christian doctrine and expects all members of faculty and staff to affirm yearly their allegiance to the doctrine, including the following positions:
A Biblical view regarding marital faithfulness and monogamy, requiring abstinence from promiscuity, fornication, and homosexual acts/lifestyle."
La Sierra University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and is cited as one of the campuses in the class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education for abuses to LGBTQ+ students over the years. La Sierra University also holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing them to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation while still receiving federal funds.
Campus History
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
LABI College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"We support the dignity of individual persons affirming their biological sex and discouraging any and all attempts to physically change, alter, or disagree with their predominant biological sex (Genesis 1:26–28; Romans 1:26–32; 1 Corinthians 6:9– 11)."
"Homosexuality is both a sin against God and mankind. It runs contrary to the divine plan, purpose, and will of God who created us in His image (Genesis 1:27) and redeemed us so that this image, marred because of sin, might be renewed (Colossians 3:10). Most fundamentally, homosexuality is sin because it perverts the created order of human sexuality, the heterosexual fulfillment of both man and woman (1 Corinthians 7:2-5)."
"When people choose to engage in premarital sexual activity or homosexual behavior, they depart from the God-given nature of sexuality. Their unnatural sexual behavior is a sin against God, who established the order of sexuality (Romans 1:27). LABI College does not condone any of such behavior."
"LABI does not tolerate homosexual dating relationships of any kind, as all homosexual activity or temptation is not condoned within LABI College."
Lancaster Bible College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
2022 - Statement of Faith states that: "We believe God created humanity, male and female, reflecting the image and likeness of God. Each person’s biological sex has been sovereignly appointed by God and is an irreversible aspect of his or her nature."
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
"Liberty University is bound by its Doctrinal Statement and by the teaching of the traditional biblical definition of gender, which is that humans are created by God either biologically male or female from the womb, as well as the traditional biblical definition of marriage, which is that it is only between a natural-born man and a natural-born woman."
"For example, sexual relations outside a biblically ordained marriage, romantic displays of affection with a member of the same sex (e.g., hand-holding, kissing, dating, etc.), and actions confirming denial of biological birth sex (e.g., asking to be referred to by pronouns inconsistent with one’s birth sex, using restrooms and changing facilities reserved for persons other than one’s birth sex, etc.) are prohibited by The Liberty Way."
Life Pacific College has qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university. Life Pacific College has also qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2022 - Religious Exemption Disclosure states that: "Life Pacific University maintains the view that all official student data (including, but not limited to admissions applications, enrollment data, alumni records, and transcripts) and decisions (including, but not limited to housing assignments and the application of other residential policies) will reflect a student’s sex at birth."
Lincoln Christian University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Lipscomb University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and is cited as one of the campuses in the class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education for abuses to LGBTQ+ students over the years.
Campus History
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Louisiana College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "As followers of Christ, we turn from sexual immorality in its many forms including but not limited to the following: pornography, pre-marital sexual relations, adultery, and same sex romantic intimacy and/or sexual relations. We come alongside those experiencing same sex attractions who choose to honor Christ by not pursuing those attractions, just as we come alongside all individuals who seek to live in purity before the Lord (Col. 3:5; Gal. 5:19-21; Rom. 1:21-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-10). We believe we are created by God in His image as two distinct sexes: male and female (Gen. 1:26-28; Matt. 19:4-5). We believe that each person glorifies God and affirms His infinite holiness and wisdom by living in alignment with his or her birth sex. While we acknowledge there may be confusion and brokenness for some individuals in this area, we do not affirm or support transgender identity or expression."
Lutheran Brethren Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Malone University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a demonstrated past history and track record of anti-LGBTQ actions, programs and practices. The Community Agreement for Sexual Conduct statement reads: "Sex should be exclusively reserved for the marriage relationship, understood as a legal, lifelong commitment between a husband and wife." Note: Under current United States law, legal marriage includes same sex marriage.
Manhattan Christian College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Maranatha Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Messiah University has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination and is cited as one of the campuses in the class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education for abuses to LGBTQ+ students over the years.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"WE DENY that God has designed marriage to be a homosexual, polygamous, or polyamorous relationship. We also deny that marriage is a mere human contract rather than a covenant made before God."
"WE DENY that adopting a homosexual or transgender self-conception is consistent with God’s holy purposes in creation and redemption."
"WE AFFIRM that it is sinful to approve of homosexual immorality or transgenderism and that such approval constitutes an essential departure from Christian faithfulness and witness."
"WE DENY that the approval of homosexual immorality or transgenderism is a matter of moral indifference about which otherwise faithful Christians should agree to disagree."
"WE AFFIRM that the grace of God in Christ enables sinners to forsake transgender self- conceptions and by divine forbearance to accept the God-ordained link between one’s biological sex and one’s self-conception as male or female."
2022 - 2023 - Student Handbook states that: "Sexual impropriety is participation in premarital sex, extramarital sex, homosexual activities or any form of deviant sexual behavior or cohabitation."
Milligan University (formerly Milligan College) has qualified for the Worst List because it has a past and recent history of statements and reports of anti-LGBTQ discrimination on campus that has created an inhospitable, harmful climate for LGBTQ students, staff and faculty.
The President Bill Greer in 2020 reiterated that "we endorse the position that 'The Christian scriptures portray human sexuality as a gift from God intended to be expressed within the context of chastity in singleness or covenant marriage.' Further, we believe that 'Biblical marriage is heterosexual.' It is important to understand, however, that this position does not prohibit someone who identifies with the LGBTQ community from enrolling here. Nor does allowing enrollment imply acceptance of this lifestyle. It does, however, demonstrate the sort of grace that Jesus would show.'
As stated in the university Faculty Handbook even tenured professors can be terminated for “immoral conduct,” including “immoral sexual conduct,” which is described as “any sexual conduct outside of a marriage relationship of a man and a woman.”
2019 graduate Mikaela Way said to the news. "I’d say a huge percentage of that community is closeted and doesn’t feel like they can be their true and honest selves with the people who are supposed to love them and know them best of all — their Christian community.”
Mississippi College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Missouri Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Moody Bible Institute has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth. In addition, the campus employs faculty who promote harmful "ex-gay" conversion therapy.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Multnomah University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"Alongside clear biblical teachings on God’s design for heterosexual marriage are found specific instructions that prohibit homosexual conduct. For example, the Old Testament says: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable” (Lev. 18:22, 20:13). Homosexual conduct is prohibited because it is out of harmony with God’s design for his created human beings. Further, the New Testament states: “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator—who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason, God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error” (Rom. 1:25-27; NAS)."
"What will disqualify a potential or existing student/employee who is struggling with gender identity is not the presence of the struggle itself, but the lack of willingness to be faithful to God in that struggle as evidenced by a lack of consistent awareness, humility, teachableness, accountability and openness to others in the transformation process towards Christlikeness."
"In some cases it may be determined that it is necessary for the student or potential student to work through issues of sexual identity and/or gender confusion apart from being a member of the Multnomah community."
"Marriage is a human relationship created by God and intended to be heterosexual and monogamous. Sex as an expression of love and a means of pleasure is meant to be enjoyed and reserved for marriage between a man and a woman."
"Conduct—Rules and Regulations Any student found to have committed or to have attempted to commit the following misconduct may be subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in Article IV: Sexual activity outside of a heterosexual marriage, or sexual activity within a marriage that may include but is not limited to rape, abuse, harassment, intimidation, or physical harm.
Nashotah House Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
"The seminary may take disciplinary action should the standard of ethical and personal conduct be violated. Violation of this standard shall include, but is not limited to: c. Sexual activity outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage;"
North Greenville University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Northpoint Bible College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021 - Code of Honor Pledge states requires students to pledge that: "I will not support or participate in Biblically prohibited sexual acts including lesbian, bisexual, and homosexual behavior, sexual relations outside of marriage, or transgender and cross gender identity activity. (Cross gender identity is seeking to live as or identify with a sex or gender other than the biological sex or gender assigned to an individual by God at birth.) See Genesis 1:27; Leviticus 18; Deuteronomy 22:5; Romans 1:18- 32; 1 Corinthians 6:18-30; 1Timothy 1:10."
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "Issues requiring the attention of the student life committee are based on but not limited to the following infractions: iii. Participating in lesbian, bisexual, homosexual behavior, as well as transgender and gender identity activity (Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9 NKJV). "
Northwest Nazarene University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"We commit to lives of sexual purity. Recognizing that we are beings made in the image of God, we seek to restrain ourselves from behaviors and actions that discredit or harm the inherent value we hold as beings gifted with sexual impulses and desires. We commit to live out and singularly promote the God-given gift of gender identity. With that in mind, we commit to a view of sex as being fully realized between male and female within the gift of the marriage covenant as defined by the church. Married students commit to being faithful within their marriage covenant and to avoid any sexual behavior outside that covenant relationship. We avoid any public displays of affection between individuals that might be deemed inappropriate and not in keeping with the heart of this covenant. We commit to avoid the use and/or distribution of pornographic materials, criminal sexual behavior, and any sexual contact outside of heterosexual marriage."
"BASIS FOR DISCIPLINEThe following conduct constitutes conduct for which discipline as described in this Section is authorized… Sexual conduct outside of heterosexual marriage…Practice or promotion of transgender conduct."
"There are at least two undergrad students who are circulating a petition intended to demand a change to NU’s biblical lifestyle standards around sexual orientation and gender identity. They are also bringing up questions about these issues with faculty members in a way that appears to be an attempt to find faculty support for their views. Apparently the effort isn’t gaining a lot of traction with other students and may be losing momentum. Nevertheless, do be aware and please be careful not to allow yourself to be inadvertently coopted into this endeavor. We all need to be conscious that in this and similar situations, adding one’s name to a petition wouldn’t be interpreted as simply showing support for students or encouraging open discussion, it would be interpreted as agreement with the beliefs behind the petition and what it is calling for."
"Northwest University affirms that Biblical morality limits the practice and expression of sexuality to those who have entered the covenant of marriage between a man and woman unmarried students are called to live within that sexual ethic. Accordingly, we expect students who identify as “gay” because of their sexual orientation to reject the gay lifestyle."
"At the same time, we expect all members of our community to exhibit a consistent gender identity for the duration of their time at NU (1 Corinthians 14:33); we do not approve of changing or attempting to change one’s sex while enrolled at NU."
“We do not condone sexual relations before marriage, outside of marriage, or homosexual practices.”
“Personal appearance is important, and students are expected to dress to show respect for themselves and their creator by wearing clothing that is neat, modest, and gender appropriate.”
“In an age in which secular society is increasingly confused about sexual identity and sexual purity, Northwest University (NU) strives to be clear and consistent with all members of our community about expectations regarding the highest standards of Biblical purity in interpersonal relationships...In keeping with Northwest University’s mission and its commitment to evangelical Christianity, the University expects all members of our community to follow the teachings of scripture. We believe God’s design for the gift of sexuality is that it is to be exercised and enjoyed (Song of Songs; Hebrews 13:4) only within the covenant relationship of marriage between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24)...This prohibition applies to marital infidelity, sexual relationships between unmarried men and women, and homosexual practice. Therefore, as a matter or moral and faith witness, Northwest University expects all members of our community to avoid such conduct themselves and refrain from encouraging it in others (Ephesians 5:3-7).”
Nyack College changed its name to Alliance College. The campus has qualified for the Worst List because it has an extensive and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including an athletics coach harassing and outing closeted students and signing onto a letter to President Obama requesting a religious exemption for hiring policies for religious organizations.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Oak Hills Christian College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "By contrast, followers of Jesus Christ will repent and flee from sinful attitudes or actions such as: Sexual sins: immorality, lust, adultery, homosexuality, immodesty, orgies, pornography, sexual violence (Leviticus 18, Colossians 3:5, Romans 1:24-27)."
Oak Valley College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Campus History:
2022-2023: Honor Code states that:
“As we strive to walk by the Spirit, “crucifying the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24), we seek to avoid sins forbidden in Scripture (Galatians 5:16-21; I Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 5:1-14). Specifically, we are not to engage in activities that Scripture forbids or advocate positions inconsistent or contrary to these standards. Such activities include, but are not limited to, dishonesty (Academic Honesty is outlined in the Catalog), thievery, fornication, adultery, violations of the law, drunkenness, unscriptural divorce, homosexual practice, and the destruction of innocent human life after conception through abortion on demand, covetousness, jealousy, pride, and lust—sins, which the maturing Christian should avoid.”
Ohio Christian University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"A faithful interpretation of Scripture affirms the principle that sexual purity honors God and that all forms of sexual intimacy that occur outside the covenant of heterosexual marriage are sinful distortions of the holiness and beauty for which God intended."
"We do not surrender the biblical standard of sexual purity to the prevailing secular culture, nor the definition of “male” and “female” to mean something more or different than an individual’s sex at birth."
"Personal Conduct Rules: Immoral sexual activity (Based on scriptural prohibitions of fornication, adultery, and homosexuality: Romans 1:26-27, Galatians 5:19-21, Leviticus 18)"
Oklahoma Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Oklahoma Christian University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Olivet Nazarene University has qualified for the Worst List because it has an extensive and well-documented history of anti-LGBTQ discrimination, including promoting pseudo-scientific and dangerous "ex-gay" speakers as well as denying equal opportunities for psychiatric counseling to LGBTQ students.
"With this belief as our focus, we agree to uphold the following principles:... To avoid certain practices, including, but not limited to, fornication, sexual promiscuity, adultery, pornography, any form of sexual misconduct and homosexual acts."
"Therefore, the University prohibits sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriage, the use and/or distribution of pornography, and/ or the promotion of a sexual ethic contrary to the beliefs of the Church of the Nazarene. Students are required to live in harmony with the doctrinal and lifestyle commitments of the University and the Church of the Nazarene relating to sexual activity and gender identity. We believe that gender is established at birth by one’s body and genes and not through personal preference or choice. Identifying as the opposite gender from what was established by birth falls outside our theological understandings of creation and human sexuality. Thus, the University would not allow, for example, a female student by birth to present herself as a male, to use the men’s restroom, locker rooms or living accommodations, or to participate in male athletic programs or other gender-specific activities. Nor would a faculty or staff member be permitted to assume a gender identity apart from his/her birth gender."
"It is the conviction of the Church of the Nazarene and Olivet Nazarene University that homosexual behavior falls outside the biblical and historical Christian teachings regarding human sexuality and that the only biblical norm for marriage is the union of one man and one woman."
Oral Roberts University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Campus History
March 2006 - Oral Roberts University Sends Mixed Message to Gays: We Love You All; Do Not Come Onto Our Campus
2022 - Oral Roberts’ Student Handbook states that: “Certain behaviors are expressly prohibited in Scripture and therefore should be avoided by members of the University community. They include theft, lying, dishonesty, gossip, slander, backbiting, profanity, vulgarity (including crude language), sexual promiscuity (including adultery, any homosexual behavior, premarital sex)...” and that “Students who disobey these University rules are subject to automatic suspension.”
2022 - Oral Roberts' Honor Code Pledgerequires students to pledge that “I will not engage in or attempt to engage in any illicit, unscriptural sexual acts, which include any homosexual activity and sexual intercourse with one who is not my spouse. I will not be united in marriage other than the marriage between one man and one woman.”
Ozark Christian College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
“We believe that premarital sex, extramarital sex, bisexual acts, same-sex marriage, and homosexual acts violate clear biblical teaching on sexual purity."
"Consistent with our desire to teach and model a biblical approach to sexuality, OCC prohibits same-sex dating behaviors and public advocacy for any sexual activity outside of a biblically defined marriage."
"Consistent with out commitment to God’s design for gender identity, the public advocacy for or the act of altering one’s birth-gender identity through medical transition or transgender expression is prohibited. This commitment to gender identity also applies to, but is not limited to, the use of bathrooms, locker rooms, student housing, and participating in gender-specific college groups, clubs, and organizations."
"All students are responsible for compliance with OCC’s Community Values prohibiting homosexual activity… All same-sex relationships must be platonic relationships.”
Palm Beach Atlantic University has qualified for the Worst List because of their recent history of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in both their admissions and their Values Statement.
Campus History
April 2021 - Statement on Human Sexuality states that “We believe that Christian marriage is between a man and a woman. Sex is a wonderful, God‐given gift explicitly intended for the marital relationship between a biological male and female (1 Corinthians 7:2-5) and gender follows biology,” that “Sexual immorality, including fornication, adultery, and homosexual behavior, is prohibited in Scripture (Romans 1:26‐28; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; Matthew 5:28) because our bodies are “a temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:13‐20),” and that “PBA expects that their students, faculty, and staff will neither engage in nor promote views of sexuality or gender expression that contradicts biblical standards (Romans 1:21‐27; 1 Corinthians 6:9‐10; Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 5:31).”
“Human sexuality is a great blessing created by God to be enjoyed within the context of a monogamous marriage between a man and a woman; any sexual conduct outside the parameters of marriage is sin.”
“The practice of homosexual conduct or other extra-marital sexual relations is inconsistent with our faith position.”
“Since any sexual conduct outside the parameters of the faithful marriage of a man and a woman is sin, any government which creates legal structures to encourage or condone inappropriate sexual activity or lust, heterosexual or homosexual, or which creates special legal rights and protections based on sexual conduct, is acting immorally and without authority.”
“Since God created mankind in His own image as male and female, men and women are sexually different but with equal personal dignity. Consequently, any attempts to physically change, alter, or disagree with one’s predominant biological sex, including but not limited to elective sex-reassignment, transvestite, transgender, or nonbinary “genderqueer” acts or conduct are sinful. [Genesis 1:26-28, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11]”
“The College shall maintain its constitutional and statutory right to discriminate on the basis of religion in order to accomplish the religious mission of the College. The College chooses to limit its student body, board, and staff to those who are committed to its statement of faith. The practice of homosexual conduct or other extramarital sexual relations is inconsistent with the College’s faith position.”
“Students will not dress in a way that will cause others to mistake them for a member of the other sex (e.g., 1 Tim 2:9; Deut 22:5).”
“Students will not advocate non-Biblical sexual practices, such as extra-marital sex, homosexuality or homosexual “marriage” (e.g., Is 5:20, Romans 1:26-27).”
Pensacola Christian College has qualified for the Worst List because of discriminatory language in their student handbook and anti-LGBTQ+ language in their statement of biblical foundations. Pensacola Christian College also refuses to uphold any part of Title IX reporting requirements and rejects federal monies in order to do so. As a result, this campus does not comply with Title IX protections for any of its students, including for LGBTQ+ students.
Campus History
August 2022 - Biblical Statement states that “We believe that God created man and woman in His image and instituted marriage between one who is genetically male and one who is genetically female (Gen. 2:18–24). Marriage is a sacred, exclusive union between a man and woman and serves as a picture of Christ’s relationship with the church (Matt. 19:3–12, Eph. 5:22–33). We believe that God has commanded that sexual activity be exclusively reserved to a man and a woman who are legally married to each other; and that Scripture forbids any form of sexual immorality including adultery, fornication, homosexuality, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography (Matt. 5:27–28, 15:18–20; 1 Cor. 6:9–11 & 18, 7:1–5; Heb. 13:4).”
"Pornography or sexual immorality—The Bible indicates that all sexual activity is only intended to be within a monogamous, heterosexual marriage. Any other sexual activity or involvement in pornography or sexual communication (including jokes) whether verbal, written, or electronic is prohibited. (1 Cor. 6:9–10, 1 Cor. 6:18–20, Matt. 5:28, Heb. 13:4, Rom. 1:26–27, Ps. 119:37, 1 John 2:16, Prov. 14:9)"
"Transgender identification—God created each individual in His image with distinct attributes. For this reason, rejecting or changing biological gender/identity through alternate means such as medication, surgery, appearance, dress, personal pronouns, etc., is not permissible. (Ps. 139:13–14, Gen. 1:26–27, Matt. 19:4)"
Phoenix Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
Point Loma Nazarene University has qualified for the Worst List because it worked to dismantle SB 1146, a California bill designed to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination at their Christian college or university.
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing them to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, gender identity, and sexual purity while still receiving federal funds.
Randall University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"Failure to comply with the university’s sexual morality policy will result in disciplinary action. Below is a list of some of the practices that directly violate policy: The University will not tolerate homosexual activities or the promotion of homosexuality within its jurisdiction. Admission or detection of homosexual practices or advocacy by a student will result in dismissal from the College. Because the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin (Lev. 18:22, 20:13; Romans 1:25-32; I Cor. 6:9) and because we accept the Bible as the Word of God, Randall University does not consider a homosexual lifestyle to be an acceptable pattern of human behavior. Randall University reserves the right to require the withdrawal of any student identifying as homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Students who struggle with homosexual thoughts or behaviors but do not identify as homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or 39 transgender (meaning the student does not regularly practice or want to continue this lifestyle) will be given the option to attend counseling either administered or set up by the University."
"The university reserves the right to require the immediate withdrawal of students who identify as transgender/trans, bigender, transition, transsexual, or any other type of gender confusion that alters the birth sex."
Reformation Bible College has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
Reformed Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
Regent University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation while still receiving federal funds. In addition, members of Regent University's staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
2023 - Student Handbook states that: "Regent University fully accepts the teachings of the traditional Biblical view with regard to the goodness of our sexuality, the importance of chastity, and the place of heterosexual marriage as God's intended context for complete sexual expression to occur (Gen. 2:21-24). Sexual misconduct that is prohibited includes disorderly conduct or lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct or expression, involvement with pornography, premarital sex, adultery, homosexual conduct or any other conduct that violates Biblical standards."
Rhema Bible Training College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
“Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Cor. 6:9–11 MKJV).
"Therefore, RBTC will not allow any type of physical or sexual activity/behavior other than what the Bible states is permitted for a husband and wife who are legally married. This includes, but is not limited to, homosexual activities, fornication, adultery, pornography, and so forth which are immoral behavior and are not permitted."
San Diego Christian College has qualified for the Worst List because of its anti-LGBTQ+ language on its website.
Campus History
2022 - Biblical Preamble states that: "We believe that God has established marriage as a lifelong, exclusive relationship between one man and one woman and that all intimate sexual activity outside the marriage relationship, whether heterosexual, homosexual, or otherwise, is contrary to God’s creative order and express will (Gen. 2:24-25; Ex. 20:14, 17, 22:19; Lev. 18:22-23, 20:13, 15-16; Matt. 19:4-6, 9; Rom. 1:18-31; I Cor. 6:9-10, 15-20; I Tim. 1:8-11; Jude 7). We believe that God created the human race male and female and that all conduct with the intent to adopt a gender identity other than one’s birth gender is also contrary to God’s creative order and express will (Gen. 1:27; Deut. 22:5)."
March 2021 - The Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP, filed a class action lawsuit Hunter v. the U.S. Department of Education on March 26, 2021, against this campus and other named campuses citing the abuses that thousands of LGBTQ+ students endured at these colleges and universities over the years. LGBTQ+ students document their own direct discrimination, harassment and negative harms in the filing. Those abuses include “conversion therapy, expulsion, denial of housing and health care, sexual and physical abuse and harassment.” The abuses also include the “less visible, but no less damaging, consequences of institutionalized shame, fear, anxiety, and loneliness.”
2022 - SPU employment policy requires employees 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.”
Shepherds Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"We believe that sexual activity outside of a marriage between one man and one woman is sin. Any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgender, bestiality, incest, pedophilia, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. God has created us male and female, and He desires that we find joy and contentment in His design. (Genesis 2:24; Genesis 19:5, 13; Genesis 26:8–9; Leviticus 18:1–30; Romans 1: 26– 29; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8; Hebrews 13:4)"
"Any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgender, bestiality, incest, pedophilia, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex (Genesis 19:5, 13; 26:8–9; Leviticus 18:1–30; Romans 1:26–29; 1 Corinthians 5:1, 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8; Hebrews 13:4)."
"We believe God has expressly condemned sexual intercourse outside of the marriage covenant. This prohibition applies to married persons committing adultery, unmarried heterosexual relationships, and any form of homosexual relationship. It is God’s expectation that the unmarried shall live pure and celibate lives, refraining from sexual intimacy (Leviticus 18:22; Deuteronomy 23:17; Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9). Because of the serious consequences unrepentant sexual sin can have on ministry, faculty, students and staff members who disagree with this policy or who do not conform their conduct to it are expected to resign their relationship with STS or they will be dismissed."
Shorter University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"In student life, we also regard sex at birth as the identification of the given biological sex of each member of our constituency. Any blurring of the boundary between maleness and femaleness, such as identifying oneself as a transvestite, transsexual, or transgendered, is contrary to biblical standards. We must view the actions or intentions of those seeking fundamental changes of any kind from one’s sex at birth as a rejection of the biblical and theological understandings to which Shorter University is committed, and hence as grounds for removal from consideration for student employment /or from consideration for enrollment for a student applicant, and as grounds for termination of employment for a current employee (faculty or staff) and/or termination of enrollment of a current student. The same is true for persistent or exaggerated examples of cross- dressing, or other expressions or actions that are deliberately discordant with birth sex."
The handbook also states that homosexuality may result in suspension or expulsion.
Simpson University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
2021-2022 - Student Handbook states that: "Simpson University affirms the biblical guidelines that all sexual relationships are expected to be within the context of a faithful heterosexual marriage. Using the biblical guidelines of heterosexual marriage and sexuality (including the honoring of physical, emotional and spiritual intimacy as a reflection of God's covenant of love for us) as a reference point, inappropriate sexual conduct (including, but not limited to; intercourse, oral sex, transgender behavior, homosexual expressions of physical intimacy, genital contact and undressing) is subject to discipline, which is administered in a caring and redemptive manner. Each situation is evaluated separately, taking into consideration the individuals and circumstances uniquely involved, so that the help provided is loving, beneficial, and promotes growth in the individuals involved."
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"Consistent with our desire to teach and model a biblical approach to sex, SEBTS prohibits the practice or any form of private or public advocacy for the idea that sex outside of a biblically defined marriage is morally acceptable (including the affirmation or participation in same-sex or transgendered dating or marriage advocacy, participation, and/or other related behaviors)."
"Based on these affirmations, we believe that premarital sex, extramarital sex, homosexual activity, and transgendered behaviors violate clear biblical teaching on sexual purity (Gen. 1:26-28; Gen. 2:15-25; Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:18-20; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3; Col. 3:5-6). Therefore, behavior inconsistent with these Biblical standards contradicts the values of our covenant community and is prohibited even when consensual."
"WE DENY that God has designed marriage to be a homosexual, polygamous, or polyamorous relationship. We also deny that marriage is a mere human contract rather than a covenant made before God... WE DENY that adopting a homosexual or transgender self-conception is consistent with God’s holy purposes in creation and redemption... WE AFFIRM that it is sinful to approve of homosexual immorality or transgenderism and that such approval constitutes an essential departure from Christian faithfulness and witness... WE DENY that the approval of homosexual immorality or transgenderism is a matter of moral indifference about which otherwise faithful Christians should agree to disagree... WE AFFIRM that the grace of God in Christ enables sinners to forsake transgender self- conceptions and by divine forbearance to accept the God-ordained link between one’s biological sex and one’s self-conception as male or female."
"Consistent with our desire to teach and model a biblical approach to sex, SEBTS prohibits the practice or any form of private or public advocacy for the idea that sex outside of a biblically defined marriage is morally acceptable (including the affirmation or participation in same-sex or transgendered dating or marriage advocacy, participation, and/or other related behaviors)."
"Based on these affirmations, we believe that premarital sex, extramarital sex, homosexual activity, and transgendered behaviors violate clear biblical teaching on sexual purity (Gen. 1:26-28; Gen. 2:15-25; Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:18-20; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3; Col. 3:5-6). Therefore, behavior inconsistent with these Biblical standards contradicts the values of our covenant community and is prohibited even when consensual."
Southeastern University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
Southern Evangelical Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because its president signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
2020–2021 - Student Handbook states that: "Since conditions of our day focus on certain issues, we take note also that the Bible not only forbids “drunkenness” (Prov. 20:1 cf. 23:30–32) and homosexual acts, declaring: “Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God”"
Southern Nazarene University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
2022 - Student Handbook states that: "5. We value sexual purity and the sanctity of Christian marriage; therefore, abstaining from sexual immorality (including, but not limited to, premarital or extramarital sex, other immoral sexual activity, and homosexual behavior) is expected."
Southern Wesleyan University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of gender identity, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Southwest Baptist University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
Campus History
January 2008 - 3 Soulforce Equality Riders arrested on SAGU campus
"We avoid the following in view of scriptural values and principles concerning living lives of worship unto God, which includes all breaks and holidays and whether the student or employee is on or off campus: Any Scripturally prohibited sexual behavior including: adultery, fornication, any physical contact producing sexual stimulation, homosexuality, lesbianism, transgenderism, or romanticized same-sex relationships, visiting sexually oriented businesses, sexting through email, text, cellphone, digital apps or any other form of communication (see page 57)."
"The University believes that God created mankind in His image, both male and female (Genesis 1:27; Matthew 19:4-5.) We further believe that God established an individual’s gender at birth. Any advocacy, expressions of sentiment or practices otherwise are out of harmony with the religious convictions of SAGU. Thus transgenderism is disapproved. The same standard applies to all administration, faculty, staff, and students."
"SAGU does not support any Scripturally prohibited sexual behavior as described in Exodus 20:14; Proverbs 6:32; Matthew 5:27- 28; Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 13:9; I Timothy 1:8-11; and I Corinthians 6:13, 6:18 including: adultery, fornication (which by scriptural definition encompasses intercourse and oral sex), any physical contact producing sexual stimulation, homosexuality, lesbianism, transgenderism, visiting sexually oriented businesses, sexting, (i.e. creating or sending images or videos of a sexual nature via email, text, cellphone or any other form of communication) (see Galatians 5:19-21; I Thessalonians 4:3; Romans 1:24-32; and Hebrews 13:4). Students may not engage in romanticized same-sex relationships or be engaged in any sexual relationships. Any student struggling with same-sex attraction is encouraged to seek counseling at the Student Counseling center."
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has qualified for the Worst List because members of its staff signed onto the Nashville Statement condemning LGBTQ people and using religion-based bigotry to perpetuate stereotypes and harm toward LGBTQ youth.
December 2019 - Statement on Southwestern Seminary’s Commitment to Biblical Sexuality states that: "Our faculty – including our president – regularly teach on God’s design for the family and marriage and the biblical sexual ethic, which homosexuality is in rebellion against."
July 2021 - Code of Conduct states that: "Examples of prohibitive behavior includes: The engagement in a lifestyle contrary to Biblical standards including, but not limited to, heterosexual misconduct, homosexual or bisexual behavior, transgenderism or any other form of sexual misconduct."
2022 - Beliefs Statement states: "In the spirit of Christ, Christian’s should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography."
"One of the unique qualities of Christian higher education is a community that strives to follow the example of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Protestant Holy Scriptures. Therefore, practices that are wrong according to Biblical standards provide a framework for student behavior and are not acceptable for students enrolled at Southwestern Christian University. Specific acts include, but are not limited to: Drinking; tobacco, including vapors and hookah; using or association with drugs, including marijuana; going to nightclubs; gambling; theft; slander; profane language; all forms of dishonesty; and sexual sins, such as premarital sex and LGBTQ+ behavior and acts."
"Accountability Principle– I agree to live with integrity and to abide by the rules and regulations adopted by the university’s administration as stated in the Southwestern Christian University Student Handbook. I agree to obey all federal, judicial, and local laws. I understand that the university reserves the right to require the withdrawal of a student at any time if, in the judgment of the President, Vice President for Student Services (VPSS), President’s Cabinet, and/or the University Discipline Committee, such action is deemed necessary to safeguard Southwestern Christian University’s ideals of scholarship or its spiritual and moral atmosphere as a Christian university. Such practices to be avoided include but are not limited to:... Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ+)¹ behavior."
Spring Arbor University has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, or gender identity while still receiving federal funds.
"We view all forms of sexual intimacy that occur outside of the covenant of heterosexual marriage, even when consensual, as distortions of the holiness and beauty God intended for it."
"Students who violate our community standards regarding sexual behavior will meet with an accountability committee and be treated in a loving redemptive manner throughout the accountability process. To that end, the University will offer counsel and support to encourage students toward living lives consistent with the biblical teaching on sexuality."
"However, we do reserve the right to terminate or deny enrollment of those whose influence upon our community should prove to be in our judgment intractably contrary to the best interests of our students, and commitments to our university and to our Lord. Therefore, Spring Arbor University will not support persistent or conspicuous expressions or actions that are deliberately discordant with birth gender and will address such matters within the appropriate pastoral and accountability processes of the university."
St. Francis University in Pennsylvania has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX in order to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Sterling College has qualified for the Worst List because it holds an exemption to Title IX, allowing the college to discriminate against its students on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or receipt of abortion while still receiving federal funds.
"The Community Life Covenant, which all Sterling College students sign and agree to abide by, contains the following lifestyle expectations, which allow the campus community to live in harmony: I will abstain from immoral sexual behavior..."
"God created human, male and female, as sexual beings. We believe gender identity is an aspect of God’s creative design (Gen. 1:26-28) ... The College does not condone involvement in or promotion of sexually immoral behavior such as premarital sex, cohabitation, adultery, homosexual behavior, transgender expression as demonstrated through a personal lifestyle, and the use or display of pornographic, obscene, or suggestive materials of any kind (including materials found on the Internet), as we believe those behaviors are in contrast to our identity as children of God. Inappropriate sexual conduct