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A pro-LBGTQ lobby has released a “shame list” of more than 100 colleges with religious affiliations that are supposedly the “absolute worst campuses for LGBTQ youth in the U.S.”

In their release, Campus Pride said the list was created for “calling out the harmful and shameful acts of religion-based prejudice and bigotry.”

Campus Pride publicly attacked these schools, claiming they are perpetuating “religion-based bigotry” by exercising their constitutional right to request a Title IX exemption. All 102 schools on the list have either applied for or received a Title IX exemption.

Title IX exemptions allow Christian schools to practice the First Amendment right to enforce their religious beliefs and expectations of sexuality, gender and marriage when considering prospective and current students. Title IX exemptions essentially permit Christian institutions to uphold campus policies that maintain the traditional definition of marriage.

Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, went to the lengths of labeling the religious policies of these universities “careless and life-threatening.”

“Families and young people deserve to know that this list of schools are the worst for LGBTQ youth. They are not loving, welcoming, safe spaces to live, learn and grow,” claims Windmeyer.

Here are the “shamed” universities:

American Indian University

Anderson University

Andrews University

Appalachian Bible College

Arlington Baptist College

Asbury University

Asbury Theological Seminary

Azusa Pacific University

Belmont Abbey College

Bethel College

Biola University

Blue Mountain College

Bob Jones University

Boston Baptist College

Breton Parker College

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University – Idaho

Bryan College

California Baptist University

Carson Newman University

Central Christian College of the Bible

Charleston Southern University

Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College

Colorado Christian University

Concordia University

Covenant College

Criswell College

Crown College

Dordt College

East Texas Baptist University

Emmanuel College

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Freed-Hardeman University

Fresno Pacific University

Geneva College

George Fox University

Gordon College

Grove City College

Hannibal-LaGrange University

Hardin-Simmons University

Harding University

Howard Payne University

Indiana Wesleyan University

John Paul the Great Catholic University

Judson College

Kentucky Mountain Bible College

LABI College

Lancaster Bible College

Liberty University

Life Pacific College

Louisiana College

Manhattan Christian College

Maranatha Baptist University

Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary

Mississippi College

Missouri Baptist College

Multnomah University

North Greenville University

Northpoint Bible College

Northwest Nazarene University

Ohio Christian University

Oklahoma Baptist University

Oklahoma Christian University

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Ozark Christian College

Point Loma Nazarene University

Rhema Bible Training College

Shorter University

Simpson University

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southeastern University

Southern Nazarene University

Southern Wesleyan University

Southwest Baptist University

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Spring Arbor University

St. Gregory’s University

Tabor College

The Baptist College of Florida

The Master’s College for Christ and Scripture

Toccoa Falls College

Trinity Baptist College

Trinity Bible College

Trinity Law School

Truett-McConnell University

Union University

University of Dallas

University of Mary Hardin – Baylor

University of Mobile

University of Northwestern-St.Paul

University of the Cumberlands

Vanguard University

Virginia Baptist College

Wayland Baptist University

Westminster Seminary California

Westmont College

Wheaton College

William Carey University

William Jessup University

Williams Baptist College

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