To Avoid Split on Gay Marriage, 2 Colleges Quit Christian Group

In July, Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College became the first members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities to amend their policies to permit the hiring of gay and lesbian faculty members who are either married or celibate -- the same requirements that the colleges make of straight professors. But as of today, there are no longer any CCCU colleges that will permit the hiring of married gay faculty members.