Grand Canyon University holds itself out as traditional and orthodox in its beliefs. Its doctrinal statement reads like the statements of faith at countless Evangelical churches in the United States. Moreover, the school supplements its doctrinal statement with a truly admirable series of ethical position statements.
As a matter of official position, the school declares a belief that God created the universe (without stating a specific position on the manner of creation), it supports a right to life from conception until natural death, it affirms the view that sexual relationships should be reserved exclusively for marriage, and it defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Grand Canyon even has a strong statement in support of academic freedom, stating that “critical thought, open dialogue, and a fair presentation of all major views is vital to higher education, but is indispensable for genuinely Christian instruction.”
Shapiro, by the way, believes in each of the statements above. He wasn’t coming to disrupt the university’s mission. If anything, he’d affirm many of its most central teachings. Yet Grand Canyon canceled him anyway. Why?
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