In South Carolina, officials at Bob Jones University dropped its ban on interracial dating in the wake of criticism following Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's visit to the school. Explaining the policy change on CNN's "Larry King Live," university president Bob Jones III said the ban was part of the school's stance against a "one-world order" that would witness the blending of governments, ethnic groups, and religions, and that would signal the coming of the Antichrist, to which the school remains opposed.

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