Purdue Student Government opposes discrimination

Purdue Student Government voted Wednesday to support Purdue University's stand against discrimination.

The university's faculty senate and student governments planned to consider near identical resolutions

opposing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which critics say legalizes discrimination against the LGBT community.

"Widespread opposition ... has been expressed in every corner of the Purdue campus," Patricia Hart, president of the University Senate, said in a statement Tuesday.

In a survey administered by PSG, however, only 43 percent supported the resolution and 57 percent opposed it. More than 1,000 people responded.

Several amendments made to the resolution Wednesday altered the resolution to instead support the university's stance against discrimination, which was reiterated in a statement from the Office of the President Monday, rather than take a stance on the law itself.

Similar resolutions opposing the law are slated for a vote by the University Senate at 2:30 p.m. April 20 and by Purdue Graduate Student Government at 6 p.m. April 22.