From the diversity-on-campus-doesn't-extend-to-viewpoints file:
Jannique Stewart, a pro-life speaker with Life Training Institute was invited to speak at an abortion debate at Cornell University but she was disinvited when the organizers realized she believes in the traditional Christian teachings on sexuality and marriage.
"In January, I was invited to speak on April 23rd, at Cornell University's Political Union (CPU), regarding the fact that abortion is a moral wrong," Stewart wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. Everything was on track until the organizers examined the bio she sent them.
"I received a shocking phone call in which I was told that I was being DISINVITED. Why? I was being DISINVITED because of my outspoken beliefs regarding biblical sexuality," she wrote. "Specifically, because of two main beliefs: 1. Sexual activity should be reserved for marriage 2. Natural marriage defined by God as the Union of one man and one woman."
In a statement emailed to PJ Media, Stewart explained that her ministry, Love Protects, "addresses a range of issues dealing with biblical sexuality: abstinence until marriage, pro-life, anti-pornography, to issues regarding the traditional and biblical view on marriage and LGBTQ issues."
Stewart insisted: "YES, it was made very clear to me that I was being DISINVITED invited because of my views. That is VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION."
The story gets even worse, however. The organizers did not just disinvite her, they called her beliefs bigotry.
"It was explained to me that having someone on campus who believed the way I did was tantamount to allowing a racist to speak who held pro-slavery and pro- holocaust views!!!" Stewart wrote. "I was also told that their concern was that many of the students would be offended by my beliefs and would not be able to focus or listen to my speech."
"I explained to her that such a correlation is completely inaccurate, it is offensive and it is a deliberate distortion of the biblical position and is an attempt to silence a conservative and biblical view," Stewart said in her emailed statement. "I asked her to go back to the Executive Board and ask them to reconsider the fact that they are disinviting a speaker because of their Christian views and that they are punishing me and discriminating against me because of my beliefs, and that’s wrong!"
The cultural overlords are well along in their plan to drive Christianity underground.
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