Fraternity Sues School For Not Allowing Them To Discriminate Posted by Pile (9703 views) [E-Mail link]

A Christian fraternity alleging discrimination is taking the University of Florida to court.



Beta Upsilon Chi's lawsuit says the university refuses to recognize it as a registered student group.



According to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Gainesville, school officials told the group it can't be registered because only Christian men are eligible for membership.

The organization that governs the university's Greek system prohibits religious discrimination.



Attorney Timothy Tracey of the Alliance Defense Fund says the group's First Amendment rights are being violated and that the university is imposing double standards.



The lawsuit says the fraternity is deprived of benefits including access to meeting space and the ability to advertise and recruit members on campus.



A university spokesman says the school doesn't comment on pending litigation.





Great. Another Christian Group.

Posted by seculargator on 2007-07-14 01:58:30 There are literally like at least a dozen of Christian groups on campus, including outreaches from the the Gainesville area. And like one atheist group. I really can't care about this. Y'all Christians suck, 'cause whatever legal aid that UF gets pro bono is going to get eaten up by this, as opposed to the over-usage of general funds. Hmmm

Posted by AldousHuxleysCat on 2007-07-14 11:06:54 So atheist are allowed to discriminate but not a religious group. Atheism is a religion (it meets almost every requirement) It would seem there are simply more Xians than atheist, as long as neither receive funds from the university what is the problem? As an agnostic I am getting very tired of the way atheist seem to feel entitled to spread their faith and persecute anyone who fails to bow down at their alter of unbelief. Last I knew the first amendment protected us all - I can debate anyone on the concepts of religion and lately it seems the atheist have gone from reasonable thinking people to being as savagely intolerant as many people of recognized faiths. Let the Xians have a hall to meet in - anything else simply gives them free publicity and brings in the rabid animals who thrive on this sort of nonsence. Not quite

Posted by Acrana on 2007-07-14 13:41:28 That atheist group doesnt discriminate they told everyone that anyone can join. Everybody is atheist

Posted by Pile on 2007-07-14 14:34:02 Everyone is an atheist in one form or another.



Christians are atheist towards the Muslim god. Muslims are atheist towards the Christian god. Double Standard

Posted by Steve on 2007-08-13 10:25:12 I bet UF would have no problems recognizing a Femanist/Athiest group. Has anyone ever heard of such a things as Sororities? Are they going to be banned because they don't allow men? Tell Religion to Stop Ignoring the Establishment Clause

Posted by Maverick Daniel Patrick Mullarkey on 2011-01-22 10:12:26 I think that the Establishment clause is being ingored here. "Separation of church and state" is implied by the Establishment clause and arguably also implied by the Freedom of Religion clause, it is not explicitly stated. That does not mean that "separation of church and state" does not have validity, especially in case law. Heck, even some ignorant Muslim zealots might try to interpret that as meaning that there is no "separation of mosque and state" in the United States by taking even that phrase too literally. The Christian Religious Right would hate an Islamic state religion or theocracy, even more so than the Lemon Test, and so would a lot of other Americans. I love the Lemon Test and I am an Atheist and proud of it. Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments: 1 Article displayed.