Seattle Pacific University’s policy against hiring people in same-sex relationships is not only discriminatory, it is causing the institution to implode, according to students, faculty and staff who sued trustees of the Christian school.
Students walk on the campus of Seattle Pacific University in Seattle on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. A group of students, faculty and staff at the Christian university have sued leaders of the board of trustees for refusing to scrap an employment policy barring people in same-sex relationships from full-time jobs at SPU.
“This case is about accountability,” the complaint said, naming trustees it alleges were members of a “rogue” board within a board that pushed “a discriminatory hiring policy that undermined, and has torn apart, the heart and soul of SPU.” Cedric Davis, a former SPU board of trustees chair who is not a party to the lawsuit, confirmed several aspects of the complaint, including the projected $10 million deficit and dropping student numbers, although he said part of the enrollment decline reflected a broader trend in higher education as some young people choose not to go to college.Davis resigned from the board in May. “I couldn’t stand by the policy,” he said, referring to the prohibition on hiring people in same-sex relationships.
Similar disputes are playing out at religious colleges across the country, said attorney Paul Southwick, who represents the plaintiffs in this suit and is director of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project, a Portland-based organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ students. “On a personal note,” she continued, “it’s really tough for me to come to work each day with people who love and support me but within the context of an institution that continues to tell me that I don’t belong.”Another plaintiff, Lynette Bikos, associate dean for SPU’s School of Psychology, Family and Community, said she is worried about the well-being of LGBTQ+ students who feel alienated by the administration’s stance.
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