Instructions: St. Aquinas University, a private Christian-based institution, has implemented a new policy that required all employees to denounce homosexuality, alcohol use and premarital sex via a signed statement of faith. The story below deals with the policy and localizes it to St. Thomas College, a neighbouring private college also founded on Christian principles. Edit the story for Associated Press style, grammar and clarity. If the editor requires additional information or questions the credibility of the material presented, make the proper notations. What information could help with the overall validity of the story? Is the purpose of the article clear in its current form? Are there additional questions that need to be addressed in the revision of the article? Rewrite passages accordingly.
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Aquinas’ website, the new policy statements include a Philosophy for Christian Education, Biblical Principles on the Integration of Faith and Learning, a Statement of Faith for the university, and a Personal Lifestyle Statement that all university employees are required to sign, all of which are meant to affirm the school’s Christian mission.
Of all the items listed, what many have taken issue with in particular is this mandatory statement of faith that school faculty and staff are required to sign.
Its four major points include a promise to adhere to St. Aquinas’s Christ-centered mission, to abstain from any involvement with illegal drugs, to oppose “all sexual activity not in agreement with the Bible,” and to abstain from alcohol use in public.
As a private institution, the school is well within its right to instate rules such as these, but the public unrest it has stirred seems to be the real issue.
A majority of the disapproval seems to have stemmed from the third point in the statement, clarifying that these actions are, “including, but not limited to, premarital sex, adultery, and
During its fall …show more content…
Aquinas’ website, the new policy statements include a Philosophy for Christian Education, Biblical Principles on the Integration of Faith and Learning, a Statement of Faith for the university, and a Personal Lifestyle Statement that all university employees are required to sign, all of which are meant to affirm the school’s Christian mission.
Of all the items listed, what many have taken issue with in particular is this mandatory statement of faith that school faculty and staff are required to sign.
Its four major points include a promise to adhere to St. Aquinas’s Christ-centered mission, to abstain from any involvement with illegal drugs, to oppose “all sexual activity not in agreement with the Bible,” and to abstain from alcohol use in public.
As a private institution, the school is well within its right to instate rules such as these, but the public unrest it has stirred seems to be the real issue.
A majority of the disapproval seems to have stemmed from the third point in the statement, clarifying that these actions are, “including, but not limited to, premarital sex, adultery, and