Vancouver Sun: Proposed Christian Law School at Trinity Western Under Fire Because of University’s Anti-Gay Rules:
The heads of Canada’s law schools oppose Trinity Western University’s attempts to star the country’s first religious law school. The
Council of Canadian Law Deans has distributed a letter criticizing the
evangelical Christian university’s long-standing requirement that
faculty and students refrain from homosexual relationships. … The
deans’ objection is Trinity Western University’s Bible-based “community
covenant,” which the council says makes clear that “gay, lesbian or
bisexual students may be subject to disciplinary measures including
expulsion.” …TWU’s proposed law school, which is being spearheaded by self-described
“Christian advocate” Janet Epp-Buckingham, seeks to enrol 60 law
students in each year of a three-year program. In a column in a leading Canadian evangelical magazine,
Epp-Buckingham said her mission is to “develop Godly leaders for the
marketplaces of life.” Christians, she said, often face a “hostile
environment” in secular law schools. …One of many arguments Epp-Buckingam made for her dream of a law
school at TWU is based on her view that Canada’s public law schools are
“very similar to one another.” The U.S. has about 30 Catholic and
Protestant law schools, Epp-Buckingham said, so it makes sense Canada
could have one that is Christian.
(Hat Tip: Inside Higher Ed.)
