Madras Christian College in India now allows applicants to indicate whether they are male, female, or transgender when they enroll. I’m not sure what advantage would be gained by individual students registering as a transgendered person, unless the making of a socio-political statement could be deemed as such. Which is fair enough. I’m also not sure how a Christian college would benefit from this, although kudos to them for allowing applicants to make that choice. It certainly gives the impression that the college is a more tolerant institution than some of its peers might be, which could be the whole purpose from a PR perspective I guess. However, this is just speculation on my part and, as far as I’m concerned, I’m all for it if it helps make the world a more accepting and inclusive place in which to live.
Not so Matt Barber, cultural affairs director at Liberty Counsel, who believes Madras College has misread the Book of Genesis by allowing transgendered people to register their status at enrollment. On the One News Now web site he states:
You know, this is just ridiculous and insane. It’s really sad that a Christian college is joining in and entertaining this leftist, secular, humanist delusion that is transgenderism. Political correctness is a wall between what people want to be truth and what is actual reality
I’m assuming he’s talking about tolerance and human rights and how they don’t mix with his interpretation of the bible. I just love that his comment contains that little gem of a last sentence, which is dripping with so much irony when one considers how it can mean so many different things simply by replacing ‘political correctness’ with ‘scripture’.
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