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Activists planning to lobby the university for stricter sanctions

A group of students on Harvard’s campus held an “emergency Harvard LGBT community action meeting” late last week to discuss the on-campus fate of Harvard College Faith and Action, a Christian student group that has come under fire in recent months for its policies and beliefs.

The meeting was called in order to “gather as many stakeholders and interested members of the LGBTQ community at Harvard to discuss this issue” related to sanctions placed against Faith and Action earlier this year, The Harvard Crimson reports.

The Christian student group was put on probation in February due to group leaders having asked an actively bisexual Bible leader to resign. It was subsequently revealed that Faith and Action will face no administrative penalties under the probation, a decision by the university that has generated outrage from various quarters, including the student government.

The “major takeaway” of the meeting last week, The Crimson reports one attendee as saying, was that “the community is really outraged about this issue.”

The group was “thinking about launching an email campaign for students and for any other stakeholders that want to get involved, such as alumni, to lobby the Office of Student Life to follow the regulations that they’ve outlined in the handbook for student organizations that are on probation,” a student told The Crimson.

According to the handbook, student organizations placed on probation “will be unable to reserve space on campus, advertise for events, use the Harvard name, and/or participate in the visiting program or fall activity fairs.”

None of these sanctions has yet been leveled at Faith and Action. Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana stated that Faith and Action is currently undergoing an “educational” approach to punishment.

Read The Crimson‘s report here.

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