[Christien]

I agree, I think the school's got themselves in a pickle here, based on the timing of when they decided to enforce the rules. As to changing the rules to include LGBT specifically, I don't think we can comment on that without knowing exactly how the rule is currently worded, and the wording of the proposed addition. Generally speaking, it's my belief that a broadly-applicable rule is preferable, because you don't then have to add specific after specific, at which point it simply becomes too wordy. I sit on a board of directors for an non-profit advocacy committee that is by its nature extremely politically correct, and the broader-application would be the route we would choose, I think. The key here is that the rule is applied equally across the board, fairly and without discrimination, and it sounds like that hasn't been the case in the past, hence the desire for a more explicit addition.