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University Bans Christian Fraternity

  

Category:  Religion & Ethics

Via:  xxjefferson51  •  10 years ago  •  34 comments

University Bans Christian Fraternity

The Chi Alpha fraternity has been kicked off campus.

They were not punished for wild parties or crooning racially offensive songs. They were not caught taking liberties with young ladies. Nothing scandalous. Nothing like that. No, no, no.

They were kicked off the Cal State University Stanislaus campus because of Jesus.

Chi Alpha is a Christian fraternity. They've been on campus 40 years and for all of those years, they've mandated that their leaders to be Christians.

On face value, that seems to be fairly reasonable.

But Cal State says that is discriminatory. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4135965823001/starnes-university-bans-christian-fraternity/?#sp=show-clips


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XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago

112.gif Sounds to me like Cal State has stepped into a steaming pile of anti-Christian, religious bigotry.112.gif

 
 
 
Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty
Freshman Silent
link   Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty    10 years ago

Looks like (because of Johns rather thorough debunking of the claim against the Cal State University Stanislaus)you chose the wrong direction to pee in.

It seems like you might want to check the sources of your seeds to verify that they are in fact true instead of just posting whatever conforms to your preconceived notions of bogey men out to steal your hallowed christian liberties.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
My word ... I do declare ... (back of hand pressed firmly and dramatically against forehead). More persecution of Christians ... (falls backwards onto fainting couch).
 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
link   Kavika     10 years ago

Is this supposed to be an example of the ''War on Christians''!!! More nonsense from a very deluded group.

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
Professor Principal
link   Sean Treacy    10 years ago

Terrible. Hope someone will bankroll a challenge on First Amendment grounds, because this clearly violates freedom of Association. To quote the Supreme Court, "freedom of association plainly presupposes the freedom not to associate."

Moreover, its asinine to force groups to accept members who don't support the reason for the group's existence. Hardcore gay haters should not be able to join the LGBT, but apparently California requires that they should. Nor should a Muslim group be forced to allow Jewish members. Of course, we know California would never require that to happen. Christians are much easier to bully.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
Do you really think that any non-Christian would want anything to do with this lame ass fraternity? How about if they just play by the rules and remove the discriminatory language, and rest assured, the good Lord will ensure that no Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, agnostics or atheists try to infiltrate their den of Christian goodness.Face it - these drama queens just want exclusive permission to break the rules and flaunt their discriminatory doctrine. It's not enough for them to do what every other frat does, and say "sorry dude, you're just not right for this fraternity." They want to let the community know that God prefers Christians.
 
 
 
Sean Treacy
Professor Principal
link   Sean Treacy    10 years ago
"Do you really think that any non-Christian would want anything to do with this lame ass fraternity"Yes . It's happened before. They lost their campus membership at Cornell because they couldn't expel an atheist. A large number of atheists are agreessive, self righteous assholes so it doesn't surprise me that atheists wouldn't let them exist in peace.
 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
I repeat - "sorry dude, you're just not right for this fraternity." That's all it would have taken.
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

As usual, we get the hate-baiting, incendiary headline without the facts.

(RNS) A well-established international Christian student group is being denied recognition at almost two dozen California college campuses because it requires leaders to adhere to Christian beliefs, effectively closing its leadership ranks to non-Christians and gays.

California State University , which has 23 campuses, is de-recognizing local chapters of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship , an evangelical Christian group with 860 chapters in the United States.The university system says InterVarsitys leadership policy conflicts with its state-mandated nondiscrimination policy requiring membership and leadership in all official student groups be open to all.

For an organization to be recognized, they must sign a general nondiscrimination policy, said Mike Uhlencamp, director of public affairs for the California State University system. We have engaged with (InterVarsity) for the better part of a yearand informed them they would have to sign a general nondiscrimination statement. They have not.

InterVarsity, active in the United States since 1947, has been challenged on more than 40 college campuses, but CSU, with 447,000 students, is the largest to ban it so far. Other schools that have challenged InterVarsity include Vanderbilt University, Rollins College and Tufts University.

The challenges stem from a 2010 Supreme Court decision that ruled apublic college can refuse to recognize a religious student organization with an all-comers policy if its religious beliefs are effectively discriminatory.

InterVarsity policy states membership is open to all, but leaders must affirm its doctrinal basis, which declares belief in the entire trustworthiness of the Bible. Many Christians who read the Bible literally also argue it prohibitshomosexuality.

Some campuses have reached an agreement with InterVarsity that permit chapters to remain on individual campuses. Ohio State University rewrote its student organization registration guidelines to read,A student organization formed to foster or affirm the sincerely held religious beliefs of its members may adopt eligibility criteria for its Student Officers that are consistent with those beliefs.

Other religiously oriented student groups have signed nondiscrimination policies where required, including Jewish, Catholic, mainline Protestant and Muslim groups. Hillel , the largest Jewish student organization, reports some local chapters have elected non-Jews to some posts.

In a video statement posted to the InterVarsity website, spokesman Greg Jao said the CSU decision means local chapters will lose access to on-campus meeting rooms, student fairs and other official school functions. He estimates the annual cost of covering those losses will be about $20,000 per chapter.

But Uhlencamp said, in effect, the impact will be much less. We are not disbanding them, they have not been removed from any of our campuses, he said. They are just not an officially recognized student organization. They will still have access to meeting rooms, they just will not receive as steep a discount.

He noted the schools policy dates to 1972 and is mandated by state law.

CSU originally notified InterVarsity that its policy put it in conflict with university rules a year ago and then gave the group one year to respond. In his video statement, Jao said changing InterVarsitys leadership policy would undermine its Christian foundation.

We dont believe we can affirm a policy that forces us to compromise Gospel faith and Christian integrity without undermining our commitment to help students become real world changers, not just world accommodators, he said.

For an advocate of Christianity and "values," you might consider applying their tenets wheposting your hate-baiting seeds.

No link, deceptive headline

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

112.gif Sounds to me like Cal State has stepped into a steaming pile of anti-Christian, religious bigotry. 112.gif

Sounds to me like you only post the false, snarky conclusion to a deceptively "reported" story.

Is that what "pro-Christians" are about?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Christians are much easier to bully.

Jesus would be black-balled by this fraternity because he was

Jewish.

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
Professor Principal
link   Sean Treacy    10 years ago

For an advocate of Christianity and "values,","

Freedom of association is an American value. Christianity is really irrelevant to the issue.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago
Indeed it is. Todd Starnes at Fox News got this right.
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Freedom of association is an American value.Christianity is really irrelevant to the issue.

Discrimination and ethnocentrism unfortunately also appear to be "values" for certain Americans; these are all too often the values of hypocrite religionists.

Christianity and those who practice it as exclusionary rather than, ironically, in that "love ye one another" thing way is the essence of relevancy in this discussion.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

The Secular Hate Christian movement is alive and well in California.

Not quite as alive asThe Sectarian HateFUL Christian movement.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago
I have no doubt in my mind that secularist bigots would hide their identity enough to get into and infiltrate groups like these for the express purpose of shutting them down from the inside. Leadership and General membership rules should be different.
 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago
No one suggests exclusion from general membership. The issue is leadership. Why would any group founded for whatever reason want leadership that is different or opposed to the whole point of the group in the 1st place?
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

I have no doubt in my mind that secularist bigots would hide their identity enough to get into and infiltrate groups like these for the express purpose of shutting them down from the inside.

And I have no doubt that you have no such doubt; it's the paranoia that goes with religiosity.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

the whole point of the group

What about the whole point of Christianity ? If the group is in fact Christian, then it's not about itself, it's about

The biblical teachings of Jesus include: [1]

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
Professor Principal
link   Sean Treacy    10 years ago

Christianityand those who practice it asexclusionaryrather" t

It is not for you, or the government, to tell people how to practice their religion. By dictating to others what their "proper" beliefs are, you are no better than those you attack.

If a group ofChristianscan't require their leaders to be actualChristians, then the law truly isan ass. Stupid laws and the dogmaticimpositionofasininityon people by zealots only serve toundercutthe rule of law.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago
I couldn't have said it any better Sean. Well written.
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

It is not for you, or the government, to tell people how to practice their religion.

When politicians stop pandering to religion you'll be able to make that point

If a group ofChristianscan't require their leaders to be actualChristians, then the law truly isan ass.

Same response.

Can't have it both ways. Want government out of religion but use religion to get elected to government.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago

Please explain to us all exactly what it is that is hateful of a group wanting leaders that actually believe in and promote what the group is all about in the 1st place? It's not like they want to exclude anyone from membership who just wants to check it out.

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
Professor Principal
link   Sean Treacy    10 years ago
People lie, change their minds, lives a double life etc... It happened at cornell. A group should be able to expel a leader who doesn't live up to the groups standards.
 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
link   Hal A. Lujah    10 years ago
"InterVarsity policy states membership is open to all, but leaders must affirm its doctrinal basis, which declares belief in the entire trustworthiness of the Bible."

Wow, could there possibly be a more ambiguous way to practice discrimination? Does that mean they get to treat new recruits as slaves? If you trust the Holy Babble, then you accept that slavery is not immoral.
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Hope someone will bankroll a challenge on First Amendment grounds,

Does the leader have First Amendment rights too?

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago

Why would anyone want the leadership of an organization to be opposed to or not believe in what the organization is all about? Why have a group when its possible that a leader could get in who hates and opposes everything that a group believes in and stands for?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
Professor Guide
link   A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Why would anyone want the leadership of an organization to be opposed to or not believe in what the organization is all about?Why have a group when its possible that a leader could get in who hates and opposes everything that a group believes in and stands for?

Isn't that up to the organization members by process of an election rather than a dictum?

I keep seeing First Amendment in these threads how about extending that to the membership via a secret ballot election?

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago

Because the membership can be made up of anyone. What's the point of having distinct groups at all if it doesn't have to have anything at all to do with the stated purpose of the group at all if enough others infiltrate it and take it over? What if a bunch of tea party members hid who they were and tok over a progressive club and elected leaders who were anathema to all that progressives stand for?

 
 
 
Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty
Freshman Silent
link   Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty    10 years ago

They would not be a progressive club anymore... Is that so hard for the tea party and christian crybabies to understand? I mean, the christians (or their dogma) took over the republican party and then let the whining tea partiers in, forever changing the GOP. Seems to be your MO.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago

Then a Christian club wouldn't be Christian anymore, which is the whole point here.

 
 
 
Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty
Freshman Silent
link   Broliver "TheSquirrel" Stagnasty    10 years ago

So the Christians can find another club, silly. Or, they can say, "Yes we can let anyone be a leader," and be done with it. There must be some provisions for removal if an officer does not live up to the duties of their office in good faith.

You guys, Christians, tea party, etc., complain way too much about something that is easy to get around, because you want everyone else to think it is some overly large imposition, when in reality it is merely you crying wolf.

Grow up and stand for something besides wining constantly.

 
 
 
Randy
Sophomore Quiet
link   Randy    10 years ago

Grow up and stand for something besides wining constantly.

My prediction is that they never will grow up. They are addicted to the attention of being the squalling babies that they really. Bunch of fucking whiners.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
link   seeder  XXJefferson51    10 years ago
We are standing up for our right to exist as a Christian in a Christian group led by Christians. It is only fair that a group is actually led by people who strongly support that which the group stands for and was created to do.
 
 

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