Religion & Law

University of South Carolina Settles Student Funding Litigation
A settlement has been reached in Christian Legal Society v. Sorenson, a case challenging the University of South Carolina's refusal to provide funding from student activity fees for recognized student religious groups...

The Purpose of the Program Argument and Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
One more item about the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez case: Some people argue that applying nondiscrimination conditions to student religious groups (alongside other groups) as a condition of funding violates the underlying purpose of the benefit program...

Vanderbilt Turns the Screws Further on Student Groups
When Christian student groups at Vanderbilt complained about the university's policy forbidding registered student organizations to set eligibility criteria for leaders, Vanderbilt officials assured everyone that We recognize that some groups, including some religious student organizations, may decide not to...

Supreme Court Denies Review In Student Organization Funding Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Walsh v. Badger Catholic, Inc., (Docket No. 10-731, cert. denied 3/7/2011). (Order List). In the case, the 7th Circuit in a 2-1 decision invalidated a University of Wisconsin policy that withheld student activity fee funding for worship, proselytizing or religious instruction by recognized student groups...

Another Student Religious Group in Trouble
Expect to see more and more student religious groups excluded from student-organization status at public and private universities, partly as fallout from the Supreme Court's poor decision in Christian Legal Society v...

University of Florida changes Rules On Recognizing Student Religious Groups
In a press release yesterday, Liberty Counsel reported that the University of Florida has changed its policy on the recognition of student religious groups. The University has added the following language to its rules: A student organization whose primary purpose is religious will not be denied registration as a Registered Student Organization on the ground that it limits membership or leadership positions to students who share the religious beliefs of the organization...

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