(RNS) Baylor University President Robert B. Sloan said he is “justifiably outraged” that the Baptist school’s newspaper published an editorial supporting gay marriage.

The Baylor Lariat, the newspaper at the largest Baptist university in the world, published the editorial in its Feb. 27 edition to support San Francisco’s lawsuit against California for barring gay marriages.

“Just as it isn’t fair to discriminate against someone for their skin color, heritage or religious beliefs, it isn’t fair to discriminate against someone for their sexual orientation,” read the editorial.

“I would like to assure Baylor constituents that, while we respect the right of students to hold and express divergent viewpoints, we do not support the use of publications such as the Lariat... which is published by the university, to advocate positions that undermine foundational Christian principles upon which this institution was founded and currently operates,” Sloan said in a statement.