Like other Christian students groups across the California State University system, Chi Alpha Campus Ministries got kicked off the CSU-Stanislaus campus last fall, where it’s had a presence for 40 years, because it required its student leaders to share its faith.
Now the CSU chapter is accusing the school of violating its promises after the chapter revised its constitution to allow non-Christians to run for leadership positions.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing the chapter, says the school objected to a “protest clause” in the revised constitution that says the chapter believes the new school policies are unconstitutional:
When Chi Alpha appealed to the university president, Cal State changed its mind and agreed to allow the protest clause. Yet Cal State is still keeping Chi Alpha off campus.
In a Tuesday letter to the vice president of enrollment and student affairs, Chi Alpha says it’s “simply wrong” to claim the chapter hasn’t submitted an updated constitution. In fact, the letter says, it was submitted four months ago:
That constitution complies in every respect with the requirements you set forth in your letter. …
Since our Chi Alpha chapter has already submitted a constitution that is compliant with your latest request, we ask that you immediately reinstate Chi Alpha as a recognized student group and immediately allow the Cal State Stanislaus Chi Alpha chapter to return to campus for the remainder of this semester.
CSU is practicing baldfaced and selective discrimination, says Becket Fund legal counsel Adèle Keim:
Cal State Stanislaus allows fraternities to limit their leaders and members to men. So why can’t a religious group require its student religious leaders to practice what they preach?
Read the press release and letter.
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