As to why Baylor would take a step “sure to anger MANY Christian families” with students there, author Megan Basham wrote that the school has extensive ties to the “left wing” Baugh Foundation.
In a thread on X, Basham said the foundation “has a mission to promote LGBTQ inclusion in the church” and previously “bankrolled” a center and department chair at Baylor. Through a program that “flew under the radar in 2024,” she added, the foundation worked to “reform CONGREGATIONS” regarding LGBTQ ideology.
Baylor is “teaching Christian students who want to go work in those congregations how to be LGBTQ inclusive,” Basham wrote. “The one who pays the piper calls the tune,” she warned. “When you rely on these big foundations, they eventually get to tell you what your priorities are. And [their] priorities are almost never biblical faithfulness.”
The LGBTQ debate at Baylor isn’t new. In 2014, current WNBA star Brittney Griner described the difficulties of being gay while she was a student athlete at Baylor.
In 2021, the school’s board of regents permitted the formation of an LGBTQ student group. The following year, Baylor chartered Prism, which serves as a “safe space” for LGBTQ students. Group members still must follow the school’s conduct code about “marital fidelity.”
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In 2023, Baylor won an exemption from Title IX’s sexual harassment provisions, after LGBTQ students filed discrimination complaints.
ChurchLeaders reached out to Baylor’s C3I for comment and will update this article with any reply.
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