Lucas Wilson said he received conversion therapy from a student club called Band of Brothers at Liberty University from 2008 to 2012, when he was an undergraduate student.
Wilson, now 30, said when he visited campus prior to enrolling, he saw an ad for “struggling with same-sex attraction.”
“The biggest factor in why I chose Liberty was ultimately the conversion therapy program because I, in fact, believed that one could become straight,” Wilson said.
He is now one of 33 LGBTQ students who are suing the Department of Education in a class-action lawsuit filed Monday. The students allege that they faced discrimination at 25 federally funded Christian colleges and universities in 18 states.
Wilson said Liberty University is a “thoroughly homophobic institution” and that, in addition to offering conversion therapy in the form of a student club, he also had several classes that taught “the evils of the homosexual lifestyle.”
He said the conversion therapy group, and the culture at Liberty, “amplified and compounded feelings of self-hatred, feelings of shame and guilt and anxiety that ultimately took years to deconstruct.”
Liberty University has not responded to NBC News’ requests for comment. A spokesperson for the Department of Education said the Biden administration is “fully committed to equal education access for all students.”
These Universities aren’t homophobic, they are loonyaphobic.
Suing has come a long way since that person getting burned from a cup of coffee at “MAC DONDALDS”
2021 will see lots oh lots of lawsuits cuz thats what America is all about
The insanity of all this …I say there should be a counter suit because it’s them but are pushing their twisted luciferian ideology down our throats for no care for our religious morals and obvious biblical biological and scientific facts!!!
So…he chose that university because the had the conversion therapy, which he wanted…then sues because they tried to convert him…ok..makes sense…if you are liberal!