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  CNN.com - US - Bob Jones University ends ban on interracial dating - March 4, 2000
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The president of Bob Jones University on Friday said his school has ended its ban on interracial dating in wake of the controversy stirred by George W. Bush's visit to the fundamentalist Christian school.
The South Carolina university was thrust into the political spotlight last month when Bush gave a speech to the 6,000- member student body.
Jones said the university first implemented the dating ban more than five decades ago, "because we were trying...
archives.cnn.com /2000/US/03/04/bob.jones   (538 words)

  
 Bob Jones University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although not regionally accredited, the university is a member of, and candidate for accreditation by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, an accrediting organization recognized by the Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The current president of the University is Stephen Jones, the son of the previous president Bob Jones III.
Bob Jones III has argued that the University is not so much anti-Catholic or anti-Mormon as it is opposed to the idea that all men, regardless of religious beliefs, will eventually get to heaven.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Jones_University   (6972 words)

  
 Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
The Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery, recognized as one of America's finest collections of Italian paintings, is praised for its thorough presentation of the development of Western culture through paintings of the Old Masters.
Located in Greenville, South Carolina, and housed on the campus of Bob Jones University, the Museum and Gallery displays Italian, Spanish, French, English, Flemish, Dutch, and German sacred art from the 14th through the 19th centuries in over 25 galleries.
Any unauthorized use of photographic materials supplied by the BJU M&G by any person or entity, for any reason, will render the individual responsible and liable to the BJU M&G for appropriate compensation and other costs, regardless of whether the individual applicant had profited or is responsible for such unauthorized use.
www.bjumg.org   (244 words)

  
 Bob Jones University v. U. S. (1983) [81-3]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bob Jones University was dedicated to "fundamentalist Christian beliefs" which included prohibitions against interracial dating and marriage.
The University claimed that the IRS had abridged its religious liberty.
The Court found that the IRS was correct in its decision to revoke the tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University and the Goldsboro Christian School.
www.oyez.org /oyez/resource/case/39   (294 words)

  
 Bob Jones University - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Catholics are too successful and secure in their identity as Americans to fall for McCain's attempt to paint them as "victims" of the Bob Jones fringe.
Our media columnist offers a satirical look at campuses presidential candidatesshould skip if they want to avoid a Bob Jones University scandal of their own.
He won in South Carolina, but he could have won a lot more if he'd been willing to stand up to the bigots at Bob Jones University.
dir.salon.com /directory/topics/bob_jones_university   (252 words)

  
 The Multiracial Activist - ISSUES: Bob Jones University
An Island in the Lake of Fire: Bob Jones University, Fundamentalism and the Separatist Movement
Bob Jones University Urban Legends (not affiliated with the school)
Bob Jones University: An Alumnus' View (not affiliated with the school)
www.multiracial.com /issues/issues-bobjonesuniversity.html   (1106 words)

  
 Humor: Interracial Dating And Bob Jones University.
A friend of mine is quite proud of Bob
Jones University, her alma mater, so if I
Bob Jones III explained the note like this:
www.melvindurai.com /Bjones.htm   (225 words)

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