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3.13.2004

Nuclear war at Moritz: CLS Sues Law School/OSU

The Christian Legal Society has brought suit against the University even though the university actually extended and recognized the student group for the rest of the year before another determination can be made. According to the "Center for Law & Religious Freedom" website, "OSU is violating 1st Amendment rights ... by failing to exempt [the CLS] from a non-discrimination policy that prohibits selecting members and officers based on shared religious beliefs, including beliefs regarding homosexual conduct." Or, in other words, the lawsuit seeks to gain recognition that (my words:) "as long as you have a sincere religious belief that a certain class of people is worthy of discrimination, then the University HAS TO CONTINUE TO FUND YOUR ORGANIZATION because you have a right to be funded." Or, in other other words, your discriminatory-religious belief can not be discriminated against. Cute, huh?

But here's the money quote by Attorney Steven H. Aden, "If it insists on pursuing this course, OSU will end up destroying real diversity of thought in the name of a state-imposed form of groupthink about what is orthodox with respect to human spirituality and sexuality." Tolerance = groupthink. Love it.

And I ask, where is the present harm done to CLS that provides standing?! I see know injury-in-fact. The University has taken no adverse action. (In fact the lawschool went out of its way to appease the CLS even though their guidelines are clearly discriminatory. Their funding was not stripped. They still have meeting times, a bulletin board, and everything else all other student organizations have. The only change is that the university-wide policy will be re-reviewed at the end of the semester. Is that the harm? Being subject to review?

It's a crime that when the tuition is set to rise 10% next year due to rising costs a Student group would sue the school based on no cause whatsoever. And it's even more disgusting when you consider that they themselves are the one's who discriminate. 
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