article_snippet: This reckless statement was made in the heat of a political controversy 35 years ago.
article_snippet: But it would not be a bad idea to bring the swift justice today that was brought in Israel's day against murder and rape and homosexuality.
article_snippet: I guarantee it would solve the problem post-haste if homosexuals were stoned, if murderers were immediately killed as the Bible commands.
article_snippet: I cannot erase they, but wish I could, because they do not represent the belief of my heart or the content of my preaching.
article_snippet: BJU received national attention on the issue in 2000 when George W. Bush, then a presidential candidate, visited the campus.  
article_snippet: The petition by BJUnity, a group that bills itself as a network "for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and straight affirming people affected by fundamentalist Christianity," garnered more than 1,900 signatures.
article_snippet: This means a lot to We because This represents the beginning of a change in the rhetoric and conversation.
highlights_snippet: A petition asking for an apology gathered 1,900 signatures .