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​Demands for a New Status Quo

gay marriage at the chapel

By Jair Oballe
In 1995, Duke leaders supported a ban on celebrating same-sex unions at the Chapel.[1] Student organizations and some faculty protested. Despite the university’s nondiscrimination policy, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in any university program or activity, the ban remained in effect for five years.[2] After a committee recommended a change in 2000, the Chapel allowed same-sex unions.[3]  

[1]. “A Matter of Justice,” Duke Chronicle, October 27, 1995.
[2]. Duke University Non-Discrimination Policy
[3]. Staff Reports, “At Last, Same-Sex Unions,” Duke Chronicle, December 7, 2000.
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