Quad Gods | Photo by Harminder Singh Langri | The Wright State Guardian
The Quad Gods are a group of evangelicals known for preaching to students on campus that they are headed down a path of eternal damnation. The group can legally gather at Wright State University (WSU) so long as they do not cause disruption to university life.
Quad Gods
The “Quad God” was originally a single man who would appear on campus and would preach to students passing by about how their life choices were sending them down a path to the underworld in the early 2000s.
The Wright State Guardian has reported on visits from the Quad God(s) in the past. In addition, Youtube videos have surfaced over the years of the Quad God(s) and similar religious protest groups as the university began to implement more gender-inclusive opportunities for students.
“I feel like it’s very similar to when you go to Planned Parenthood and you see groups of people protesting abortions, even though abortions are only a fraction of the services they provide,” WSU sophomore history education major Jerod Wilcox said. “They have every right to protest, but they’re only focusing on small details of what life has to offer that offend them for one reason or another.”
Students on campus indicate that they were unaware of the Quad God(s) existence before attending WSU. The Quad Gods appeared on campus on Sept. 2.
“I didn’t expect to be screamed at that I was going to burn [in Hell] while on my way to class on a random Thursday,” WSU sophomore film major Trevor Seech-Hvratin said.
Right to gather on campus
At the beginning of the fall semester, the WSU Office of the General Council sent out an email acknowledging changes to the freedom of expression laws in Ohio.
“Therefore, if a speaker on campus is saying offensive things, the University often may not require that speaker to leave,” WSU Office of the General Council wrote. “This is true even if the University does not agree with what they are saying. The fact that someone is exercising their rights of free expression on-campus does not mean that the University condones, endorses, or supports the speaker’s ideas.”
Given the new Free Expression laws, the Quad Gods have the right to protest on campus so long as they are not blocking access to buildings and areas on campus or posing a threat to safety. To read more on Free Expression, go to Freedom of Expression.
