Gay students at university protest SBC president’s honorary degree
Just like AFA’s Bryan Fischer when confronted with their bigotry Baptists do the theocratic back peddle to the bible.
ome University of South Carolina students say the school should not award an honorary doctorate to Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright because of his and the denominations’ stance against homosexuality and “gay marriage,” but Wright says he and the SBC are simply reflecting clear biblical teachings.
The school’s awarding of the honorary degree to Wright during graduation was the lead story April 20 in the student newspaper, The Daily Gamecock, which quoted a member of the Bisexual Gay Lesbian Student Association as calling the SBC “hostile to the LGBT community” and an “advocate for hate.” Wright is scheduled to receive the degree May 7.
“Basically the Southern Baptist’s platform is ‘it’s either this way or you’re going to hell,’” said the student, Zac Baker, a public relations coordinator for the association.
The newspaper also published letters opposing and supporting the school honoring Wright.