Tue Mar 7, 2023 – 4:27 pm EST
PHOENIX, Arizona (LifeSiteNews) — An Arizona school board last month voted to end its five-year partnership with Arizona Christian University (ACU), citing concerns that the college’s faith-based values and evangelical mission failed to ensure “a safe place for our LGBTQ+ students, staff, and community.”
ACU’s president slammed the decision as “unlawful” and announced the college is exploring its options to defend its students.
The Washington Elementary School District, which operates schools in Phoenix and Glendale, made the decision to end the partnership after a meeting in which school board members criticized the college for promoting Biblical values and teaching the Gospel, Fox News Digital reported Friday.
According to the report, the district’s partnership had meant that student teachers from ACU could be placed in district schools as part of their educator training, gaining valuable work experience and the opportunity to be hired upon graduation.
Those opportunities will no longer be available for ACU students, however, after the school board expressed deep concerns about the student teachers’ Christian beliefs and the effect of those beliefs on “the LGBT community” and non-Christians.
During the meeting, one school board member quoted
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