Guillot told CNN that she told Menjares, 'We're not going to stop until the policy changes.' Sign up for our new free Indy100 weekly newsletterĪccording to CNN, approximately 50 students participated in the symbolic protest. Seattle Pacific University is a private Christian school founded in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church. This means employees may not be in same-sex relationships. The small act of defiance organized by student Chloe Guillot was in response to a policy the school made in May indicating employees must conduct themselves in a lifestyle that 'reflect a traditional view on Biblical marriage and sexuality, as an expression of long-held church teaching and biblical interpretation.' In a TikTok video, students graduating from the private Christian school approached the interim president Pete Menjares with a Pride flag in exchange for their diploma, opting-out of shaking Menjares' hand.
Students graduating from Seattle Pacific University went viral for protesting their school's anti-LGBTQ+ hiring policy.
