Baptist College Ousts Gay Student

from the Lexington Herald-Leader

A Lafayette High School graduate has been kicked out of the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg because he wrote on a personal Web page that he is gay.

The student, Jason Johnson, 20, was officially dismissed Thursdayat for the 1,700-student Baptist institution, formerly called Cumberland College.

Johnson, a sophomore majoring in theater arts, was a dean's list student Johnson was apparently thrown out of school, three weeks before the end of the school year, because his declaration that he is gay on MySpace.com violated a university policy that says:

"Any student who engages in or promotes sexual behavior not consistent with Christian principles (including sex outside marriage and homosexuality) may be suspended or asked to withdraw from the University of the Cumberlands."