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Baylor student disciplined for gay rights rally

By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer

WACO, Texas — A Baylor University student who organized an off-campus gay rights rally graduated Saturday, but he says he doubts he would have received his diploma if he had not admitted violating the Baptist school's conduct code.

Darrin Adams, 22, found out last month that Baylor was charging him with misconduct for organizing the March rally in downtown Waco. A letter from an administrator said the event was "part of an advocacy group that promotes understandings of sexuality that are contrary" to biblical teachings, Baptist beliefs and Baylor's Christian mission.

Punishment for misconduct — which includes drinking, gambling, premarital sex, cohabitation, homosexuality and using weapons — ranges from a reprimand to expulsion, according to Baylor's student handbook.

Adams, who is gay, said the administrator told him if he signed a document admitting wrongdoing, his punishment would simply be a written warning. Otherwise, Adams said, he was told he would go through the university's disciplinary process, in which a committee of faculty and students would decide his penalty.

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