Texas A&M University in Lubbock, Texas, has worked out an anti-discrimination policy that discriminated against a Christian campus group.
Freshman Leaders in Christ ran into a conflict with the school policy. They then called on Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Joseph Martins for assistance. "Basically what had happened was the university had a policy that allegedly was supposed to stop discrimination, and it was one of their non-discrimination statements, and it said that all groups had to be open to membership to all university students," Martins explains. Martins says the school policy could open the club to atheists, agnostics, or members of other religious groups. After ADF contacted the school, officials worked out a new policy. As a result, Freshman Leaders in Christ has been reinstated and will receive funding from students fees. "This decision by Texas A&M respects the constitutional rights of the group and makes it clear that Texas A&M has sent a message that they're not going to discriminate against this group or treat them unequally simply because the group has foundational Christian beliefs," Martins points out. The attorney explains that university officials now understand that being forced to accept non-Christians into the club would fundamentally alter its mission and purpose.
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