Abilene Christian University, a 5,000-student private college in west Texas, this month banned same-sex relationships for student employees, the Texas Tribune reported.
The college conduct code has for years specified that sexual relations should only occur within a marriage between a man and a woman. Same-sex relationships are already banned for faculty and staff.
The student jobs that will be impacted by the ban will be announced in the next few months. Some positions will be exempt to comply with the standards of oversight bodies including accreditors and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Phil Schubert, president of Abilene, told the Tribune that the ban would go into effect next fall, imposed on a case-by-case basis.
