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By Gary Robbins / San Diego Union-Tribune / April 20, 2024
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.
The tension also comes as the reclusive university, an affiliate of the Church of the Nazarene, is trying to hire a new leader, and is considering asking the public and industry for millions of dollars in donations to help it thrive and expand.
The new controversy involves a little-known documentary that challenges the idea that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, based on what the film argues is a mistranslation that has fueled a Christian anti-gay movement.
“1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture” focuses on how the word “homosexual” was translated by biblical scholars when it was added to the Revised Standard Version Bible for the first time in 1946. Translators removed the word in 1971 and replaced it with “sexual perverts,” which the film says has not helped.
Voices of Love, an LGBTQ+ group at PLNU, 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.
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But isn’t that why the parents pay so much $$$ for this education? So their little darlings can be protected from the ‘evils’ of the world?
Parents spend so much $$$ to send their kids to PLNU because they weren’t accepted elsewhere.
Not to excuse the administration, but why did these students choose a school with a known anti LGBTQ stance due its religious affiliation?
Chris: I agree. It’s not wise to go there to be the odd one out, and intend to change all the others world. Kinda like sticking hat pins under your fingernails. It’s a private, religious college people. Welcome to the real world, students. I doubt anyone asked you to call your own shots and they’d go along.