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Quotable – Al Mohler

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“We have an institutional policy that we do not change names on diplomas. That’s just the bottom line. If you’re married, if you change your name, if you move to another planet–it doesn’t matter. We’re not going to change the name on a diploma. That long predated anyone asking for it for this reason.”

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, quoted through the Religion News Service at ethicsdaily.com, defending the seminary’s refusal to grant a full name change on the diploma of Ronnie “Elise” Elrod.  He/she is a former Southern Baptist pastor, known previously as Ronnie Eugene Elrod, and a 1998 graduate of Southern who underwent surgical alteration to become a woman.