In another case of a university refusing to recognize a Christian student group, CLS v Southern Illinois University, an appeals court has ruled that in favor of the Christian Legal Society. This is similar to the North Carolina case and several others around the country. This reverses a lower court ruling. It is well in line with a long line of cases, including Rosenberger and Lamb's Chapel, that determined that if a public institution is going to allow generally applicable recognition, benefits or access to such groups they cannot discriminate against religious groups.
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Christopher Patti, an attorney with the University of California, emailed me to correct my brief post on yesterday's ruling in CLS v Southern Illinois.
Here's yet another case of a university refusing to recognize a Christian student group because they require that officers of the group be Christians, this time the University of Wisconsin.
The ADF blog is rapidly joining STACLU and the Worldnutdaily as a goldmine for source material. Like most religious right groups, they seem to have a very difficult time applying logic in a consistent manner, especially when the results would make the story they're selling seem less plausible.
On a lower post, Jen Shroder seems to think that I've blocked her from commenting. She's wrong.