Ethics

Liberty University: No Democrats Here!

By Ed Brayton

In an amusing bit of hypocrisy, Liberty University has decided to pull recognition from the College Democrats as a student organization.

Liberty University will no longer recognize its campus Democratic club because, officials say, the national party's platform goes against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.

Officials at the private Lynchburg school, which was founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, said they made the decision after receiving complaints from trustees, parents and donors.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).