Gay alumni question policy of Christian college in Montecito

Dan82 · Feb 16, 2011

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gay-westmont-20110216,0,4406999.story?track=rss

When Melissa Durkee was in her senior year at Westmont College, her grades were outstanding, she was fielding offers from top law schools — and she was stricken by fear.

"I was terrified that I'd be found out as someone dating a woman and that I'd be expelled," said Durkee, who went on to Yale Law School and a New York law firm.

Durkee is one of 31 gay and lesbian Westmont alumni who earlier this month roiled the Christian college in Montecito with an open letter in the college newspaper that spoke of the "doubt, loneliness and fear" they felt on a campus where homosexuality is taboo...

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Gay alumni question policy of Christian college in Montecito

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