Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

[Steven Jamar]

On Oct 19, 2005, at 2:00 PM, Brad M Pardee wrote:

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>
> Every campus has a percentage of its student body which would be  
> ineligible for membership in some organizations.  Are the College  
> Republicans required to be allowed to join the College Democrats  
> and serve in leadership?  Is a campus pro-life group required to  
> accept members who are actively involved in preserving the legal  
> right to an abortion?  Is an organization of Jewish students  
> required to accept members who are Christian, Muslim, Hindu,  
> Buddhist, etc.?  Of course not.  So why should the Christian  
> organizations be the only organizations that are forced to accept  
> members who don't subscribe to the group's beliefs?
>
> Brad
> _______________________________________________

Not so.  All organizations are limited on what grounds they can  
exclude members.  Why do those who cry "treat us the same as other  
groups" now demand an exception?


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