A Montana school has come under fire for effectively banning a Christian student club because they don’t like its Biblical beliefs on marriage.
The situation began earlier this year when four female students complained about Bozeman High School’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) club and and its position on homosexual relationships.
The FCA’s statement of faith is very clear on the issue: “God instituted marriage between one man and one woman as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society,” it reads. “For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one man and one woman.”
The students, however, believed that this declaration went against Bozeman’s motto of “acceptance, respect, and integrity.”
The mom of one of the girls, Sara Callow, insisted that her daughter’s objection was not directed at the group’s Christian faith specifically, but rather out of concern for vulnerable LGBTQ students at the school. “These girls have no problem with a Christian club. They’re not anti-Christian or against kids having a safe place at school to share their faith together,” she said, according to NBC Montanna.
Bozeman School Superintendent Bob Connors praised the girls for coming forward. “They’ve handled it appropriately. I’m glad they took an active role in questioning the policy and…
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