The Shield They Are Dismantling

When a university president blesses what the church forbids, private dissent becomes public policy, and parents are entitled to notice.

On the evening of June 5, 2026, in a chapel in Riverside, the president of La Sierra University stood before seven graduates and told them, “I am La Sierra,” and that the university “is big enough for all.” The occasion was the sixth annual Lavender Graduation (Spectrum) hosted by the La Sierra University Church’s Kinship Sabbath School, which has gathe…