The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
UC Hastings College of the Law can deny recognition and funding to a Christian student group because it excludes gays, lesbians and non-Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday . . . Both rulings allow public schools to “require religious organizations to include people in their groups who disagree with what the religious groups believe,” said attorney Jeremy Tedesco of the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization that is involved in both cases on behalf of the student groups. “That’s a violation of the First Amendment, free speech and freedom of religion.”
The National Law Journal:
The University of California Hastings College of the Law cannot be required to recognize and fund a religious student group that discriminates in the selection of members and officers, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday . . .
The Christian Legal Society made clear after the March 10 argument that it would appeal if it lost at this stage. Christian Legal Society v. Kane, No. 06-15956 . . .
Religion Clause Blog: 9th Circuit Upholds Law School’s Non-Discrimination Rules For Student Groups
ADF/CLS press release: CLS attorney available to media following hearing in lawsuit against UC-Hastings
CBNNews: Court Allows College to Deny Christian Club
