阿肯色州 Ouachita 浸会大学要求教职员签署信仰忠诚声明：戏剧系主任宣布不续约，师生发起联署
据阿肯色州《The Arkadelphian》报10月20日报道，位于该州 Arkadelphia 的 Ouachita 浸会大学（Ouachita Baptist University）出台新规，要求现任及新入职的全体教职员签署一份忠诚声明，确认本人信仰并支持该校的使命、价值观与信仰声明，并承诺维护且不损害该校关于性、性别与婚姻的声明以及关于种族与基督教群体的声明，声明同时确认该校与阿肯色州浸信会大会（Arkansas Baptist State Convention）的历史关系——该校由该大会于1886年创办。
这项要求由校长 Ben Sells 与校董事会推出。据报道，该校戏剧艺术系主任 Eric Phillips 在该校任教30多年，在审阅声明后已宣布不会寻求续约；校内同时流传一份在线联署，要求校方停止这一强制签署要求，另有消息称还有其他教职员可能跟进离职。
Ouachita 浸会大学是一所私立基督教文理学院，隶属阿肯色州浸信会大会。校方与联署发起人对声明的后续处理，仍待进一步消息。
Arkansas's Ouachita Baptist University Requires Faculty to Sign a Faith Loyalty Pledge: Theatre Department Chair Announces Departure as a Petition Circulates
Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, has introduced a requirement that all current and incoming faculty and staff sign a loyalty pledge, The Arkadelphian reported on October 20. The pledge affirms the signer's belief in and support of the university's mission, values, and statement of faith, and commits the signer to uphold and not act in ways that undermine the university's statement on sexuality, gender, and marriage and its statement on race and Christian community. It also affirms the university's historic relationship with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, which established Ouachita in 1886.
The mandate was introduced by President Ben Sells and the university's board of trustees. According to the report, Eric Phillips, who chairs the university's Theatre Arts department and has taught at Ouachita for more than three decades, announced after reviewing the pledge that he will not seek contract renewal. An online petition asking the university to stop the signing requirement is circulating, and other faculty members are rumored to be considering following Phillips in leaving.
Ouachita Baptist University is a private Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. How the university and the petition's organizers proceed remains to be seen.
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