![]() “I’ve also been disaffiliated with pretty much every publications/media club on campus, almost all without a heads up or before I had the chance to speak with club leaders that I’ve worked so long with.”Ĭhow also provided The Daily Wire with the following statement. The school’s Queer Alliance Resource Center (QARC) also condemned Chow and called for her resignation.Īt the Senate meeting last week, hundreds of students protested Chow and even had a large banner that said, “Senator Chow Resign now.”Ĭhow told The Daily Wire that she has faced criticism before for being pro-life but she was not expecting “such a concerted and targeted attack.”Ĭhow said she stands by her comments and does not plan to resign.Ĭhow has also been voted out of the Publications and Media Board without being granted a meeting to defend herself. She also attempted to edit her piece to comply with the standards of the Daily Cal but was still rejected because “the submission as a whole doesn’t meet the newspaper’s editorial standards.” The paper referred to its submission page on its website that claims, “Op-eds that are deemed libelous, racist, sexist, homophobic, or highly offensive in any other manner will not print.” “Tonight was a harrowing reminder of the kind of bigotry that persists in contemporary society and, more specifically, sits across from me on the Senate floor,” Lake wrote.Ĭhow attempted to defend herself by sending an op-ed to the school’s newspaper, the Daily Cal, but was rejected because it “reinforces” her original statement which they deemed “utilized rhetoric that is homophobic and transphobic by the Daily Cal’s standards,” Campus Reform reports. Teddy Lake, the student senator who introduced the resolution, condemned Chow and proceeded to label her as a bigot in a statement. “After lengthy conversations with many of my community leaders and advisors, I have chosen to abstain from voting on these bills tonight,” she added.Īccording to Campus Reform, the resolution condemned the proposed Title IX changes that include limiting “gender identity” to physical sex.Īfter her statement, Student Action, the party of which Chow was a member, cut ties with her, claiming that there are “inconsistencies between her beliefs” and the party, including perspectives on “reproductive health and wellness resources, legal protections for survivors of sexual violence, and community space for vulnerable members of our student body.” For me, to love another person does not mean that I silently concur when, at the bottom of my heart, I do not believe that your choices are right or the best for you as an individual.” I believe that God created male and female at the beginning of time, and designed sex for marriage between one man and one woman. ![]() “As a Christian, I personally do believe that certain acts and lifestyles conflict with what is good, right, and true. “That said, I cannot vote for this bill without compromising my values and my responsibility to the community that elected me to represent them,” Chow continued. In God’s eyes and therefore my own, everyone of you here today and in the LGBTQ+ community as a whole is significant, valid, wanted, and loved - even if and when our views differ,” Chow said. “My God is one who assigns immeasurable value to and desires to love each and every human being. The resolution was introduced on October 31, and in response, Isabella Chow gave a statement explaining why she could not vote on the resolution because of her Christian beliefs. ![]() "I pray that the Lord would use my story to shed light on how the church can better love the LGBTQ+ community while not compromising His truth spoken in love."Ĭhristian student senator at the University of California, Berkeley, is being ousted from her position after abstaining from a resolution that condemns the Trump administration for considering narrowing the definition of gender. Examples like this are legion, which seems a little surprising to me given the glaringly obvious self-contradiction involved.īerkeley Christian Student Senator Pressured To Resign For Abstaining From Vote For Religious Beliefs
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