On March 16, 2015, Gordon College announced that, after an extensive review process, it is maintaining its conduct policy for students, faculty, and staff that, based on its understanding of the Bible, restricts sexual relationships to man-woman marriage. The college has been under fire since last summer, when its president, Michael Lindsay, was one of a number of religious leaders who signed an appeal to President Obama to strongly protect the freedom of religious organizations when he crafted his LGBT Executive Order. A school district and a nearby town broke off contractual relationships with the college, arguing that it had shown itself to be discriminatory, and the college’s accreditation was challenged.

As a result of the review, Gordon College created a task-force to consider “human sexuality issues on campus,” a revised anti-bullying initiative, and new training for staff and faculty. Ongoing: conversations between Gordon College and its regional accrediting agency. Notwithstanding imprecise media reports, Gordon’s accreditation is not actively in question and the regional accreditation agency does not have a requirement that colleges and universities show that they do not discriminate based on sexual orientation.