The story in the Dallas Morning News: 

The Rev. Ronnie Elrod graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998.

Now, he’s a she, and she wants her name changed on her diploma.

The school, not surprisingly, refused.

SBTS President Al Mohler explains:

 

“We have an institutional policy that we do not change names on diplomas,” said R. Albert Mohler, president of the seminary in Louisville, Ky. “That’s just the bottom line.”

Mohler said the school also doesn’t change names to note a change in someone’s marital
status.

“If you’re married, if you change your name, if you move to another planet — it doesn’t matter,” added Mohler. “We’re not going to change the name on a diploma. … That long predated anyone asking for it for this reason.”

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