Does anyone not see the irony of banning gay people from your university when your title includes the word oral? Story out of Tulsa, Oklahoma:
A former Oral Roberts University student says she has been barred from re-enrolling at the school to complete her final semester after administrators became aware that she married a woman, and she alleges school officials encouraged her to terminate her marriage in exchange for re-admission.
Sabrina Bradford, 30, and 54-year-old Ophelia Bradford received a Tulsa County marriage license on Jan. 29, 2015, more than three years after Bradford enrolled at ORU to pursue a social work degree. Before she began her studies at the university in 2011, Bradford — known as Sabrina McGhie at that time — signed ORU’s Code of Honor Pledge, which among other rules states that students agree to refrain from engaging in “unscriptural sexual acts,” including homosexual activity, same-sex marriage and premarital sex.
Bradford was on track to graduate with her social work degree in the fall 2015 semester when she accepted a job offer from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, but when she was told in August that she could not enroll, DHS revoked the offer, she said. In November, Bradford moved back to Connecticut to be with family, citing a strain on her marriage due to the situation with ORU that was compounded by losing the DHS job.
By Nov. 20, Bradford told professor Larry Endicott via text message that she would not return to Oklahoma to continue her relationship and wanted to enroll in ORU’s online courses for the spring 2016 semester. The World obtained copies of communications between Bradford and multiple ORU employees, including Endicott, between September and December 2015.
Endicott on Nov. 22 sent Bradford a sample letter to provide to her college’s dean, which said her plans included filing for divorce and that she would not push forward with a grievance against the school if she were readmitted. She sent the letter to the dean the same day but has since said she’s unsure whether to proceed with a divorce, saying she doesn’t want the school to influence her decision. Cont.
Story from - Tulsa World
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