The Student Gay Rights Campaign and Censorship of Church Teaching.

The “Spirit of Inclusion” was the University’s response in 1997 to petitions by the Faculty Senate, the Student Senate, and many students who wanted the anti-discrimination clause amended to include sexual orientation. The University denied that request and instead adopted the “Spirit of Inclusion.” Then-President Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., explained that the “Spirit of Inclusion” reflects Church teaching whereas an expanded anti-discrimination clause would be in tension with it. He wrote in part…