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Woke students at Christian college DePaul University are demanding a religious group is 'eliminated' from campus because it said LGBTQ lifestyles are a 'sin'.
The private Chicago university's leaders are facing an internal rebellion over the row, despite the Christian group not being an official student organization.
A petition to ban the group from campus says it is 'abhorrent,' adding that 'there's no reason that in 2023 you should still be homophobic'.
Known as 'Vessel', the organization sparked fury on campus after it posted a Q&A on its since-deleted Instagram page, where it said 'we do not agree' with the LGBTQ agenda.
DePaul University, a private Christian college, has been upended by an LGBTQ row
A Q&A post from the since-deleted Vessel Instagram page sparked fury among the student body
Faculty are under mounting pressure from students as the nascent group is reportedly attempting to become an established college organization.
While not yet recognized by the university, the group reportedly brings together like-minded students to classrooms across the campus.
It's controversial Instagram post said the group was 'non-affirming' - a term for those who disagree with same-sex relationships on religious grounds.
The group also cited bible verses in its statement, including 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, which states that 'neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves … will inherit the kingdom of God.'
Despite this inclusion, the organization claimed that 'everyone is welcome at Vessel,' adding that it is 'a space where we come as we are to learn more about Jesus'.
But the group's assertion that 'we do not agree' with the LGBTQIA lifestyle, led fellow students to demand it's disbandment.
'DePaul has a wide variety of religious groups on campus,' says the 'Eliminate Vessel' petition.
'But one in particular called Vessel is outwardly promoting that they are "non-affirming" to the LGBTQIA+ community because of religious beliefs and claiming that it’s a "sinful" lifestyle.
'With a large majority of DePaul students who
