College Students Want 'Our Lord' Phrase Off Diplomas

FOXNews.com ^ | March 29, 2010 | Foxnews.com

[metmom]

A group of students at Trinity University in Texas wants the Christian-rooted school to remove the words "Our Lord" from their diplomas, the Houston Chronicle reported.

"A diploma is a very personal item, and people want to proudly display it in their offices and homes,” Sidra Qureshi, president of Trinity Diversity Connection, told the Chronicle. “By having the phrase ‘In the Year of Our Lord,' it is directly referencing Jesus Christ, and not everyone believes in Jesus Christ."

Qureshi, a Muslim student at the school, is leading the campaign to remove the words. The Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the matter during a meeting next month.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Don’t like it, go to school in a muslim country.

[icwhatudo]

If they graduate in 2010...2,010 years since what?

[dalebert]

uhhh how many ?

[SatinDoll]

Qureshi ought to move himself to another school if he doesn’t like the diploma.

‘Year of our Lord..’ should stay.

[STONEWALLS]

...don’t go to a Christian school if you don’t want Christian references.

[blueyon]

What a waste of a parents hard earned money to educate their kids to have them to this...

[metmom]

Muslims trying to change our culture one step at a time.

The inconsistencies in this are appalling. If they object to the Christian references, why’d they go to a school called *Trinity* in the first place?

And if the diploma is such a personal item, why display it publicly and proudly?

I’d guess they just went there to make an issue of it.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Let ‘em “want” in one hand and sh...spit in the other and see which one gets full first. They either take the diploma as is or go take a hike. Stand up to these dumbasses for once America!!!

[driftdiver]

Fine, don’t give them a diploma.

[MississippiMan]

Choose a Christian school, attend four years, then decide you don’t like the wording on the diploma. I am SO sick of people like this.

MM

[Campion]

What does he think the word “Trinity” refers to?

[mrsmel]

Exactly. They are really pushing it.

[Apparatchik]

Here ya go, dipwads, knock yourselves out.



Sheesh.

[EGPWS]

2,010 years since what?

The birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Gene Eric]

Great job rents. /s

[highlander_UW]

Don’t like it? White it out...or go to a different school that doesn’t include it. Most people don’t see it as a core issue in selecting schools, but that’s your choice.

[Cicero]

What is a Muslim doing at Trinity University? I’m surprised he didn’t sue to make them change the name.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Don’t like it, go to school in a muslim country.”

Well, you sure put it a lot nicer than I was going to....

[Unam Sanctam]

Presumably the diploma has the word “Trinity” on it as well.