Wright State University agrees to recognize Christian student group
We read:
"Officials at Wright State University have agreed to reverse their decision to deny recognition of a Christian student group after receiving letters and public exposure from both the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
WSU officials told Campus Bible Fellowship, which has existed as a registered student organization at the university for more than 30 years, that in order to obtain recognition for the 2009-2010 school year, they would likely need to abandon a requirement that its voting members and officers abide by faith-based principles.
“Christian student groups shouldn’t be discriminated against for their beliefs,” said ADF Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. “Just as other student clubs should not be forced to abandon their beliefs to be recognized by the university, neither should this club. Requiring a Christian club to be run by non-Christians is like requiring a Young Democrats club to be run by Republicans. It makes no sense, and it is unconstitutional. We are pleased that WSU understands this and has demonstrated that it is willing to respect the constitutional rights of the members of Campus Bible Fellowship.”
WSU denied CBF official recognition during the 2009 winter quarter because it requires its voting members and officers to subscribe to the group’s Articles of Faith. CBF sought assistance from FIRE, which issued a letter to the university. WSU granted the group recognition during the 2009 spring quarter but told the group that, in order to retain it for the following academic year, it would likely need to abandon its faith-based principles. When the situation appeared to require litigation, FIRE referred the club to the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, which helped revise CBF’s constitution and provided assistance on other legal matters.
ADF attorneys sent a letter along with CBF’s recent 2009-2010 recognition application to WSU officials. After receiving the letter, WSU officials agreed to allow CBF to keep their faith-based requirements and still register as an official student organization for the upcoming school year.
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The fascists who control our so-called centers of "higher learning", (ie: communist indoctrination camps) never stop trying, do they. That is, until the other sides lawyers show up. The fascists then back down, else their true motives would be exposed.
The irony abounds! If you're gonna steal my phrase, at least use it for something where you understand the analogy being used, and the facts behind that usage.
Sorry. I didn't know our resident communist sympathizers were present.
6:46 was talking to 6:06
"facts behind that usage."
"Facts are stupid things"
-- Ronald Reagan
"Facts are stupid things."
Best description of hard core leftists I've run into.
Funny thing about that quote though, it was a slip of the tonghe when he was intending to quote John Adams who said, "Facts are stubborn things."
I guess they really are stubborn.
Ronnie boy said what he said. Most definitely a Freudian Slip.
Thanks for once again demonstrating the left's inability to grasp the whole concept of facts.
"Facts are stupid things"
-- Ronald Reagan
"Facts are stubborn things."
—John Adams
Transcript of Reagan's speech
"Before we came to Washington, Americans had just suffered the two worst back-to-back years of inflation in 60 years. Those are the facts. And as John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things."
Interest rates had jumped to over 21 percent - the highest in 120 years - more than doubling the average monthly mortgage payments for working families, our families. When they sat around the kitchen table, it was not to plan summer vacations, it was to plan economic survival. Facts are stubborn things. Industrial production was down, and productivity was down for two consecutive years.
The average weekly wage plunged 9 percent. The median family income fell 5 1/2 percent. Facts are stubborn things. Our friends on the other side had actually passed the single highest tax bill in the 200-year history of the United States. Auto loans, because of their policies, went up to 17 percent - so our great factories began shutting down. Fuel costs jumped through the atmosphere, more than doubling. Then people waited in gas lines as well as unemployment lines.
"Facts are stupid things - stubborn things, I should say."
He got it right three times before he goofed, and then he corrected his goof immediately. I guess leftists think they're more stubborn than facts. You're not.
Six words generate so much response. [evil laugh]
That's the word, all right — "evil".
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