Comments on: ‘Pride, love, and joy’: EMU’s 2026 Lavender Graduation celebrates LGBTQ+ graduates

By: Mel J Major

Mel J Major — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:32:54 +0000

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ preached against sexual immorality & deviance *23 TIMES*; those examples, specifically described in all FOUR Gospels, have JESUS declaring "Go and SIN NO MORE" NOT "go forth and EMBRACE your FALLEN nature"! Y'all should seriously consider removing "Christian" from your School & "faith" identifiers: Y'all have fallen so far from Christ's teachings as to be more squarely in the camp of the adversary. Jesus told us to "beware of false teachers": Y'all are a prime example. I say to y'all as Jesus stated, "Repent and be forgiven and go and sin no more. Jesus is Lord!

By: Steve Chaplin

Steve Chaplin — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:18:45 +0000

Well-researched and informative article. The campus has much to be proud of at a time when so many institutions are turning their backs on their own communities.

By: Sylvie Bea Mincey-Chaplin

Sylvie Bea Mincey-Chaplin — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:16:51 +0000

Well-researched and informative article; this school has so much to be proud of while other institutions are discarding communities.

By: andi dube

andi dube — Thu, 07 May 2026 09:17:11 +0000

EMU has come a long way on this front, and I am very proud of that! It’s not too long ago when LGBTQ folks were shunned.

Well done to the Lavender graduates!

By: Marge A. Maust

Marge A. Maust — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:35:19 +0000

This is so encouraging! This celebration and acknowledgment is way overdue, but better late than never!

By: Cynthia Lapp

Cynthia Lapp — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:47:02 +0000

So grateful for this new tradition at EMU. Brings tears to my eyes and joy to my heart.