Many are angry that administrators limited an LGBTQ+ student group's right to screen a documentary about the Bible and homosexuality
A decision by Point Loma Nazarene University to limit the screening of a documentary about the Bible and homosexuality has angered students who say the move was disrespectful to the gay community and is having a chilling effect on free speech and academic inquiry. The outcry is the latest in a series of controversies that have strained relations between the small, private Christian school above Sunset Cliffs and members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community.
, scheduled a public screening of the movie for April 4 at Crill Performance Center. But three days prior, the group said, the university told them to cancel it. Administrators partly blamed themselves for the move, saying that they had failed to pre-screen the movie. also said it didn't have enough staff available for the event. But students seemed more concerned by a third reason given by Mary Paul, vice president for student life. In an email to The Point, the campus newspaper that first reported on the controversy, Paul said that staging a campus-wide screening on a work of biblical translation would require the presence of scholars and theologians who could offer differing conclusions.
President Bob Brower, who will retire in June, declined to discuss these issues with the Union-Tribune. A campus spokesman said that Paul and Jack Gilbertson, the dean of students, also were not available for interviews.
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