Archive for the 'Colleges & Universities' Category
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
From Faithwire: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a former Georgia college student who sued his school four years ago after officials prevented him from distributing Christian literature on campus. The high court sided 8-1 with the student, Chike Uzuegbunam, and against Georgia Gwinnett College. Uzuegbunam has since graduated, and the […]
Filed under: Colleges & Universities, Court Decisions, Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of Religion, SCOTUS, USA
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
And so it begins. This week Congress passed the so-called ‘Equality Act’ supposedly to protect LGBT folks from discrimination. However, it is Christians who continue to believe in the Bible that are increasingly being subject to discrimination and the Equality Act will actually result in a greater assault on the Constitutional rights of conservative Christians […]
Filed under: Biblical Teaching, Christian living, Colleges & Universities, Discrimination Against Christians, Education, Freedom of Religion, Gender, Religious Persecution, UK
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Friday, October 4th, 2019
A Federal Court ruled that University of Iowa officials discriminated against a Christian student group- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. From Charisma News: In July 2018, the University of Iowa and its officials restricted from their campus InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (ICF), along with some other religious groups. This was because ICF had the audacity to require that […]
Filed under: Christian Student Groups, Colleges & Universities, Freedom of Religion, Religious Persecution, Schools and Religion
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Friday, September 20th, 2019
Found this on Facebook. Another Christian student group kicked off a university campus because they believe in following the Bible when it comes to sexuality and leadership. <Read the whole article from Christianity Today> Response: Christian student groups continue to be challenged by new and expanded anti-discrimination and ‘inclusive’ rules on college and university campuses […]
Filed under: Christian Student Groups, Colleges & Universities, Schools and Religion
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Colleges and universities all across America have been banning Christian groups for demanding that there leaders be—wait for it—actual Christians. One group at the University of Iowa sued the university and won their case in a District Federal Court. From the Christian Post: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the University of Iowa can’t selectively […]
Filed under: Christian Student Groups, Colleges & Universities, Culture Wars, Discrimination, Freedom of Religion, Religious Persecution, Schools and Religion
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Friday, November 16th, 2018
? A college in Michigan canceled its production of a controversial radical feminist play because it discriminates against transgender women. From the Faith Wire: Leaders at a college in Michigan decided to cancel its production of “The Vagina Monologues” because it’s discriminatory, given “not all women have vaginas.” The women’s resource center at Eastern Michigan […]
Filed under: Colleges & Universities, Discrimination, Feminism, Transgender Rights
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2018
CHRISTIAN BELIEFS= HATE & BIGOTRY? A student senator is being pressured to resign because she refused to vote for a resolution that was against her Christian beliefs. The resolution condemned a Trump administration proposal to limit the legal definition of “gender identity” under Title IX to physical sex. Meanwhile the student has been called a […]
Filed under: Biblical Teaching, Christianophobia, Christians, Colleges & Universities, Culture Clash, Persecution, Religious Persecution
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Friday, September 7th, 2018
‘Politically Correct’-Yes Science?–Not If It’s Inconvenient LGBT activists have leveled a great deal of pressure against a research project done at Brown University on contributing factors leading to gender confusion and transgender identity. The research in question indicated that peer pressure might be a major contributing factor in the onset of gender dysphoria among teens. […]
Filed under: Colleges & Universities, Gay Activists, LGBT, Politically Correct, Science and Ethics, Transgender Rights
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Friday, August 10th, 2018
The InterVarsity Christian student organization has sued the University of Iowa after being expelled off of the Iowa campus. It is all about leadership. The Christian student group wants their leaders to be actual Christians while the university policies demand that leadership position be ‘non-discriminatory’ and available to all comers. From the Christian Post: An […]
Filed under: Christian Student Groups, Colleges & Universities, Discrimination, Intervarsity, Iowa, Schools and Religion, USA
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
According to a college guide, saying ‘God bless you’ is considered a ‘microaggression’ against Muslims and should be avoided along with many other greetings like ‘Merry Christmas.’ From the Christian Post: A college in Boston has prepared an "Anti-Oppression Library Guide" so that no one is offended on campus. It lists "saying ‘God bless you’ […]
Filed under: American Muslims, Christianophobia, Christmas, Colleges & Universities, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, Discrimination, Islam and Christianity, Islamic Intolerance, Islamophobia, Massachusetts, Schools and Religion, USA
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