Supreme Court: Calif. university’s policy upheld, but school still barred from targeting Christian groupLLIANCE DEFENSE FUND / CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY NEWS RELEASE
Supreme Court: Calif. university’s policy upheld, but school still barred from targeting Christian group
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 Monday to uphold an unusual university policy that forces student groups to allow outsiders who disagree with their beliefs to become leaders and voting members. The court confined its opinion to the unique policy and did not address whether nondiscrimination policies in general, which are typical on public university campuses, may require this. The court concluded that public universities may override a religious student group’s right to determine its leadership only if it denies that right to all student groups. Attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and Alliance Defense Fund represented a student chapter of CLS at California’s Hastings College of the Law in the lawsuit,Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. The suit was filed in 2004 after the law school refused to recognize the chapter because the group requires all of its officers and voting members to agree with its basic Christian beliefs. Case Name: Christian Legal Society v. Martinez Full news release, quotes, and related media resources available at the following link: http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/3726 The ADF Center for Academic Freedom defends religious freedom at America’s public universities. ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. The CLS Center for Law & Religious Freedom is the advocacy division of the Christian Legal Society, a nationwide association of Christian attorneys, law students, law professors, and judges.
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