Editing Crandall University (section)

==Controversy==
In 2012, Crandall University came under public scrutiny for receiving municipal funds while refusing to hire non-celibate LGBTQ people. That policy, although regarded as scriptural and consistent with its denominational tradition, was characterized by the press as anti-gay.<ref name="thestar.com">{{cite web |title=New Brunswick university under fire for anti-gay hiring policy |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/01/new_brunswick_university_under_fire_for_antigay_hiring_policy.html |date=June 1, 2012 |work=Toronto Star |publisher=The [[Toronto Star]]|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/crandall-university-defends-anti-gay-hiring-policy-1.1132882|title=Crandall University defends anti-gay hiring policy|date=May 31, 2012|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref> That same year, the Crandall Student Association publicly broke with the university's administration over the policy, with the student president at the time telling the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], "The Christian faith does say do not judge others. And the Christian faith is all about love. So I feel that this policy – to me – doesn't seem like it's following those specific guidelines."<ref>{{cite web |title=Some Crandall students against anti-gay hiring policy |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/some-crandall-students-against-anti-gay-hiring-policy-1.1145416 |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> In 2013, a year after the controversy erupted, the university opted to not apply for $150,000 in public funding that it had received annually.<ref name="CBC_Controversy_1">{{Citation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/crandall-university-drops-request-for-city-funding-1.1344269 |title=Crandall University drops request for city funding |publisher= Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=February 5, 2013|access-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref> The university president also issued an apology, stating: "We wish to apologize for anything that Crandall University might possibly have communicated in the past that may have seemed unloving or disrespectful in any way toward any individual or groups."<ref>{{cite web |title=N.B. university apologizes to gay community for hiring policy |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-university-apologizes-to-gay-community-for-hiring-policy-1.1286766 |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>