Let’s not be too quick to read too much into Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to deny certiorari (judicial review) in a 9th Circuit case (Alpha Delta Chi v. Reed) that applied a nondiscrimination rather than “all-comers” policy to deny recognition to a religious student group at a California public university. Because the Court denies cert in 95% of its cases, its denial of certiorari means nothing about the merits of… [Continue Reading]

Please take a few minutes to watch the highlights from the Town Hall meeting between University officials and students.  Chancellor Nick Zeppos called the meeting to discuss the University’s “anti-discrimination” policy for student organizations. The first video is 6 minutes.   The second one is 45 minutes of a three hour meeting.  We also have a 45-minute version. In addition, this brief video contains excellent material about Greek Life and the “all-comers”policy.  (Greek Life-2:20)        … [Continue Reading]

Vanderbilt officials have denied a request from the student president of the Christian Legal Society (CLS) to allow a spokesperson to speak 5-10 minutes at next Tuesday’s town hall meeting (January 31st).  Justin Gunter had hoped for an opportunity for the University community to hear both sides of the religious freedom argument in a public setting.  Instead, attendees will be limited to asking questions about the University’s controversial new ”anti-discrimination” policy.  Here’s the link to Gunter’s letter and the University’s response:  http://www.clsnet.org/document.doc?id=319