|
To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE
Christian Campus Group Wins Big Over University of Iowa Discrimination"The court agreed that the university has to stop discriminating against BLinC (Business Leaders in Christ) because of its religious beliefs. Every other group on campus gets to select leaders who embrace their mission. Religious groups don't get second-class treatment." -Eric Baxter
Judge Stephanie Marie Rose of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa granted Business Leaders in Christ's (BLinC) request for an injunction and ordered the school to reinstate the group as a registered campus student organization for at least 90 days. "BLinC's motion is granted based solely upon the university's selective enforcement of an otherwise reasonable and viewpoint neutral nondiscrimination policy," Rose's order states. BLinC's lawyers were delighted. "The court agreed that the university has to stop discriminating against BLinC because of its religious beliefs," said Eric Baxter, a senior counsel with the religious freedom law firm Becket, which is representing BlinC. "Every other group on campus gets to select leaders who embrace their mission. Religious groups don't get second-class treatment." As Faithwire previously reported, the Christian group came under fire after they refused a leadership position to a student who professed to being openly gay. It all came down to the group's Statement of Faith, and the fact that the student in question refused to sign it. The section of the group's Statement of Faith that been brought under the spotlight simply read: "Members should conduct their careers without the greed, racism, sexual immorality and selfishness that all too often arise in business, political, and cultural institutions." "BLinC declined the student's request because he expressly stated that he rejected BLinC's religious beliefs and would not follow them," the organization said in its complaint, as reported by The Washington Times... Click here to continue reading. 
To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE
Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News America Reads the Bible' Kicks Off in DC in Record-Breaking Fashion Supreme Court Rejects Parents' Challenge to Massachusetts School Trans Policy Gay Couple Face Online Fury for Video Making Fun of Crying Baby: 'There Is No Mama' The Electoral College and the Popular Vote The DOJ Has Found HOW MANY Dead People on Voter Rolls? US Military Boards Iranian Ship in Gulf; Trump Threatens No More 'Mr. Nice Guy' if Talks Fail Digital Nightmare? Anthropic Withholds AI Model Too Dangerous for Humanity 10 Republicans Side With Dems to Provide Amnesty to Haitian Illegals Virginia Dems Pass National Popular Vote Law that Experts Warn Is Unconstitutional Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Begins; Trump Says Iran's Regime Agrees to Give Up Having Nuclear Weapons President Trump: Strait of Hormuz 'Fully Open', Oil Prices Drop Clarence Thomas Destroys 'Progressivism' in Ruthless Speech Trump Reveals He Has Multi-Pick SCOTUS Plan Ready as Justice Retirement Speculation Heats Up Trump Admin Pushes Global Plan to Protect Kids Online |
Subscribe to
|
(Iowa City, IA)—[
All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.
Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.
| Home | Store | Subscribe | Facebook | Article Archive |