Conner Yarbrough

Student government leaders and a political group on campus have been at odds lately. Bobcat Update's Conner Yarbrough tells us more...

The two sides -- student government versus young conservatives -- have come to verbal blows over what's called Coming Out Day. Every year, members of the L-G-B-T-Q community celebrate National Coming Out Day. A political group called The Young Conservatives of Texas decided it would have its own day and call it Conservative Coming Out. The Young Conservatives even set up a closet door on the quad to draw attention. This prompted student government leaders to approve a resolution condemning the effort.
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Now, The Young Conservatives of Texas claim that student government is discrediting their freedom of speech on campus.
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Some believe the group's decision to host Conservative Coming Out Day makes a mockery of the observation and comes across as homophobic.
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The student government's resolution does NOT prohibit Conservative Coming Out Day from happening in the future but does make clear that it doesn't support the event. For Bobcat Update, I'm Conner Yarbrough.