Southwest Missouri State refuses to include gays in anti-bias policy

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Associated Press
03/19/2004

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Gays and lesbians at Southwest Missouri State were blocked again Friday in their fight to get protection for sexual orientation added to the school's nondiscrimination policy.

The university's Board of Governors refused to vote on a motion that would have ended a 12-year fight to include homosexuals in the policy.

The board's decision came a day after the university's president called homosexuality \"a biological perversion\" and said adding sexual orientation to the university's nondiscrimination policy would wrongly protect a specific group of people.
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... The Springfield News-Leader published a letter Wednesday written by Keiser in 1995 to a major donor who had questioned the appearance of a gay speaker on campus.

Keiser, who outlined his beliefs on homosexuality in the letter, reiterated Thursday night that he believes homosexuality is biologically perverse based on the inability of same-sex couples to procreate.
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