David French: Who is Defending Liberty?

David French, Director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, writing at Phi Beta Cons: [In] a case like Christian Legal Society v. Martinez . . . Christian conservatives are defending a traditionally recognized right (the right to expressive assocation) against a culturally and politically driven demand (a demand that religious student groups be open to anyone who wants to join). The Left is trying to create a right that destroys a right. As of now, there is simply no widely recognized right of private citizens to join any private expressive association they want to join — regardless of their belief or conduct. In fact, even in the campus environment, only the courts of the Ninth Circuit have forcibly opened private associations to non-adherents.