Savannah State settles Christian "footwashing" case
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and National Legal Foundation have reached an agreement with Savannah State University that will allow a Christian student group to return to campus. The university suspended the group, Commissioned II Love, in April 2006 after university officials deemed the group’s act of sharing the Gospel as “harassment” and its practice of washing the feet of new members as “hazing.” The school later expelled the group from campus.“Christian student groups shouldn’t be discriminated against because of their beliefs. The Constitution specifically protects religious expression,” said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Joseph Martins with the ADF Center for Academic Freedom.
Read the rest of ADF’s press release (2.5.2008). Learn more about ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom Project.
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I understand that some universities have made provisions for the ritual of Muslim students washing feet…by providing wash rooms for just that purpose.
I am disgusted with this unfairness, Muslim beleivers have special rights while Christians are told to be quiet and get out.