Christian Student Groups Forced to Leave Vanderbilt University – The Attack on Religious Freedom Continues

By: kipling (Diary)  |  March 30th at 01:55 PM  | 

In 2011 Vanderbilt University adopted a new nondiscrimination policy that prohibits a student organization from requiring its members and even its leadership to adhere to a statement of faith.  Vanderbilt adopted the new policy after Beta Upsilon Chi, a Christian fraternity, removed one of its leaders because he disagreed with the fraternity’s official stand on homosexuality.  Following a public meeting in January 2012, Vanderbilt gave | Read More »

CLS v. Martinez and the Assualt on Christianity

By: kipling (Diary)  |  June 29th at 01:21 AM  | 

I just scanned through the majority opinion of Christian Legal Society V. Martinez, 08-1371 and found some very disturbing items.  First, some background.  In September of 2004, the Christian Legal Society applied to Hastings College of Law (part of the University of California system) to become a Registered Student Organization (RSO).  Hastings denied the application because the CLS required its members and officers to sign | Read More »