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- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and Alliance Defense Fund filed suit in federal court Tuesday against University of Florida officials on behalf of a Christian fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi (BYX). University officials refuse to recognize BYX as a registered student group because the group limits its membership to Christian men, but the school does not apply a similar standard to other student organizations. “Christian student groups cannot be singled out for discrimination. The right to associate with people of like mind and interest applies to all student groups ...
- Suit alleges that university officials continue to engage in discriminatory treatment of school’s Roman Catholic Foundation
- Christian student group was excluded from student activity fee funding extended to other groups
- University officials refuse to honor terms of settlement agreement giving Roman Catholic Foundation same rights as other campus groups
- ADF, CLS file suit against unconstitutional policies favoring non-religious student groups over religious ones
- ADF secures settlement with university officials to ensure personalized brick will be included in university’s Alumni Walk
- MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge Thursday ordered University of Wisconsin-Madison officials to stop discriminating against the UW Roman Catholic Foundation while its new lawsuit against the school moves forward. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys requested the injunction after UW-Madison officials violated the terms of a settlement agreement reached in a previous lawsuit ADF filed on behalf of the Catholic student group. “University officials should recognize the constitutional rights of Christian students just as they do for all other students,” said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel David Hacker. ...
- ADF: University system has shown continued pattern of hostility towards religious faith
- Federal appeals court orders SIU to reinstate CLS chapter’s registered status while case moves forward
- University of Wisconsin–Madison officials warned against ceding to de-funding demand