Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University, both CCCU colleges, have added “sexual orientation” to their nondiscrimination policies, opening the door for the schools to hire staff and faculty who are in same-sex marriages.

That language puts them at odds with their denomination and with other members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), which has advocated for the rights of Christian schools to only hire those who support their beliefs, including traditional Christian teaching on marriage.

Previously two other Christian schools, Hope College, in Holland, Michigan, and Belmont University, in Nashville, Tennessee, announced that they would offer benefits to staff in same-sex marriages. Neither of those schools is a CCCU member.

Read the article “Two CCCU Colleges to Allow Same-Sex Married Faculty” on christianitytoday.com.