The Threefold Advocate Reports...

What does a blogger do when things seem quiet in life and most things are going well, but does not want to lose readers with a long period of inactivity? Easy... react to current events that have little or nothing to do with his life.

It's not a picture of ET you're looking at... it's a young student who has been a lightning rod of controversy. I was reading a story earlier this week on the pop culture blog, Slice 'O Life, about an openly gay student who had been kicked out of John Brown University, a Christian college in Arkansas or somewhere in that vicinity. The blog, which disagreed with the decision to expel the student, closed by stating, "I hope the school paper, The Threefold Advocate, is covering this story." Well, the Threefold Advocate has covered the story with a vengeance:

http://advocate.jbu.edu/fullart.asp?Hdline=Gay+student+dismissed

Apparently, this kid posted some photos of himself in drag on Facebook, a cool website for college students and grads where you can post your profile, pictures of yourself, etc. I use it to keep in touch with friends. The student used it to post pictures of himself in drag where any student at the university could access it. I am currently conducting an investigation to see if I can find out if the pictures are still posted. For the administration of John Brown University, members of which had tried to work with this kid in a series of counseling sessions and ultimatums, this was the last straw.

Although it ruffles a lot of feathers anytime a gay student is kicked out of any institution, I'm glad that the administration of JBU acted with courage and stood behind the values of their institution. My only question is why they admitted an openly gay student in the first place if they knew during the admissions process that he was gay - which it appears they did. There were so many red flags here that I'm surprised that the university took this sort of burden upon itself. For one, the young man claims that he has decided to be celibate because of his decision to become a Christian. Well, last time I checked, becoming a Christian means renouncing homosexuality altogether. There is no way around this.

Of course, on his public Facebook profile, he put "Men" as one of his interests. The pieces of the puzzle: gay, Christian, celibate, drag queen, interested in men. Does any of this add up? Perhaps, next time JBU wants to venture into the realm of political correctness by admitting students who will be at odds with the behavior code, they will think again.