Innocent Christians Under Attack
Vanderbilt University faces criticism for discriminating against a Christian organization’s discriminatory policies. That organization is funded by all students through tuition.
Once again, those snarky little liberal college Professors are upset about where school funding is allocated. And now, Christians are under attack.
AccordingtoFoxNews, “Christian student organizations at Vanderbilt University may be forced to go underground or meet in secret after university officials doubled down on a policy that bans student religious groups from requiring their leaders to hold specific beliefs…Vanderbilt said their nondiscrimination policy ensure that campus groups are open to all students. But opponents said the ban restricts their freedom of speech and could force some nationally-known groups off campus.”
Student organizations recognized by the School receive some University funding. Because University funding comes from tuition, a cost all students pay, these organizations must make their services available for everyone.
Vanderbilt University is currently examining the policies of four Christian organizations registered with the school. The Christian Legal Society, the Fellowship of Christians, Beta Upsilon Chi and Graduate Student Fellowship are all accused of violating the school’s non-discrimination policies.
“This political correctness is running amuck on campus and its constraining one group – and that group tends to be conservatives,” said Carol Swain, the Christian Legal Society advisor. “They will be forced to either accept the university’s policy or leave campus by the end of the academic year. They are in limbo.”
When Ms. Swain says ‘conservatives’, what she really means is social conservatives. Vanderbilt does not curtail its recognition of organizations that support needless wars or lower tax brackets for the wealthy. However, the school does pull funding from organizations that discriminate against students for any reason. The discrimination in the case of the Christian Fraternity was allegedly based on a student’s sexual orientation.
Of course, the Christian organizations don’t see how this is fair. It is their goal to make people of devious orientations feel unwelcome. How else will you help them see the light?
As noted Pastor EdYoung claims, any sort of discriminatory practices don’t really coincide with a Christian-based Scriptural interpretation. As he notes, “while man has an amazing amount of potential for good, he is pre-disposed to disobedience towards God. This disobedience, otherwise known as ‘sin,’ is based in humanity’s free will gained when Eve first ate from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden.”
Committing the sin of judgment through discrimination is just as grave a sin as what these organizations are discriminating about in the first place, then.
By denying a homosexual student entry, the Christian Fraternity is in fact teaching a lesson: If you want to belong to this organization that your tuition money finances, fine. But you have to stop all this gay business. Now that’s a Christian sentiment, all right.
