Is Carthage College the Right School For You?

Just because a college is associated with a Christian denomination doesn't mean the school will abide by Biblical teaching or be a Godly learning environment for students. Carthage College, located in Kenosha, WI., is a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which is very liberal mainline denomination. Read the following and ask yourself if you want Carthage College educating and disciplining your child. 

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Homosexuality
 
-  Carthage College has a LGBT group. “The LGBT Student Association is a student-run group that is focused on educational events, social gatherings, and advocacy surrounding LGBTQIA+ issues.” (See here)

-  Carthage College has “SafeZones” for LGBTQ people. (See here) As you can see below, ELCA campus pastor is a LGBTQ SafeZone representative.  (See here)

-  A showing of Moonlight, a film about a homosexual man, took place at Carthage College and was sponsored by Carthage Activities Board, Advocates for Social Change, Black Student Union, and LGBT-SA. (See here)

-  A Coffee and Conversation gathering about the homosexual based National Coming Out Day was held at Carthage College and hosted by Multicultural Affairs. (See here)
 
-  No Hate Week took place at Carthage College. Events included an LGBT speaker, a LGBTQ and Ally Student Panel, “the acknowledgment of the rainbow-painted Kissing Rock…(and) the day of silence, where participators will remain silent to acknowledge the many silenced voices of those who have fought for equality and those who cannot speak up for themselves.” (See here) 
 
-  A recipient of the Lambda Pioneer Award for contributions to the LGBT literary community spoke at Carthage College. (See here)

​Transgender and Gender

-  The Carthage College library has a big selection of gender study books and over to the right you can see some of their new selections.

 
-  Two years ago, Cathage College posted a letter titled “An Open Letter to the Carthage Transgender Community” which was written by the Assistant Director of Student Involvement for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Programs. Part of the letter said, ‘I will do whatever I can to ensure your well being, your safety, and to affirm your existence, your experience, and your identity on this campus.” (See here)
 
-  The Carthage College website tells us Carthage College welcomes transgender student athletes to their teams. (See here)
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​Other Religions
 
-  Carthage College has both a Muslim Student Association and a Pagan Forum which you can see listed here.
 
-  In 2016 we see that there was an Annual Hijab Day observed at Carthage College where students were encouraged to wear red scarfs over their head. (See here)
 
-  Carthage College writes, “You may be thinking, ‘Wait a minute, this is a college rooted in the Lutheran tradition, right? Why would you encourage other faith traditions?’

We do this because we are a college rooted in the Lutheran tradition. Lutherans believe we are saved by grace through faith, and that this grace gives us the freedom we need to love and serve the world — the whole world, not just the Lutheran world.”
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​-  Interfaith leader and Muslim, Eboo Patel spoke at Carthage College. (See here)

-  A Celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, took place at Carthage College. (See here and here)  

-  James Lochtefeld, Chair and Religion Department Professor of Religion and Asian Studies “specializes in Hindu pilgrimage.” (See here) 

​Drag Show
 
-  In 2018, the second annual Heels For Hope Drag Show was held at Carthage College. (See here)  
 

Inclusive Language

​-  Carthage College has a “Glossary of Working Language for Conversation” page. On this page we learn:
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“Carthage College believes that we are to nurture an enlightened and inclusive college community that inspires meaningful contributions towards a better world. It is to that end we promote a working language that frames our understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion within the context of deepening equity and access, institutional receptivity, diversity in the curriculum, and student/adult learning development to promote equitable student outcomes.”
 
Carthage College then gives a set of words with definitions that frames "our understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion." Included are such words as Adultism, Allyship, Cis, Cisgenderism, Gender identity, Gender neutral pronoun, Heteronormativity, Homophobia, Intersectionality, LGBTTQQIA, Marginalize, Microaggression, Queer, Questioning, Safe space, White guilt, White privilege, Whiteness, Xenophobia, etc.  (See here) 
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Politics/Anti-Trump

-  Carthage College professor Mimi Yang writes about Trump, the boarder wall and bigotry. (See here) 

-  A similar article by the same Carthage College professor can be seen here. 

-  Carthage College President writes of his support for the DACA program. (See here) 

-  A Carthage College professor, Stephanie Mitchell, commented on her pastor allegedly being arrested by ICE saying, “She’s my pastor and my government kidnapped her..." (See here) 

​Campus Pastor at Carthage College

-  ELCA Rev. Kara Baylor is the Carthage College Campus Pastor. Here is a one of her Facebook posts showing LGBT support/pride.

Anti Christian Zionist Speaker

​-  Controversial speaker, Bishop Dr. Munib Younan, Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, spoke last year at Carthage College. (See here) Read a little about him and some of the controversial things he has said here.

"It’s all about U-terus!" presentation

-  In 2016 Carthage College had a presentation titled “It’s all about U-terus! Come learn about your lady parts!” (See here) 
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Art Exhibit

-  Disturbing art exhibit at Carthage College. (See here) 

As you can see with Carthage College, one should not trust that a school is right for you or your teenager just because they are affiliated with a supposed Christian denomination. 

One last thing. Check out these ratings of Carthage College. (See here)