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I recently read an article on IJReview titled "College Redefines WTF Logic When They Kick Christian Group Off Campus For Who They Want to Lead Them", about a Christian group at California State University, that got kicked off the campus because of the decision of who would lead the group. The article isn't very long, but it does include enough information to understand what the university did.
I don't know why the university would do such a thing. I agree with what Bianca Travis, Chi Alpha president, said that a Christian group needs a leader who is a believer and not a non-believer. What is the point of having someone lead a bunch of young Christians when the leader of the group doesn't have a strong faith? It's just like having a high ranking football team get assigned a dance teacher. It doesn't make sense.
This type of thing definitely hits home for me. I am part of a ministry on campus and our leader is a believer. It makes sense. Who else could we get advise from or come to with questions that we can't answer ourselves?
The article discusses how the university does this in order for there not to be any type of discrimination, but with this it's happening from staff at the university. I know that any campus organization should allow members from any background, and this allows for diversity in the groups.
In my ethics and law class, we discussed the first amendment and how the government can't establish one religion for the country to follow, but it does allow the free exercise of religion. Schools can't conduct any type of religious act as a whole but it can allow students to do it themselves.
Just like the first amendment states that students have the freedom of choosing their religion, they should also be allowed to choose their leader. Who better to lead a group of students after God, than a believer who also is this type of mission minded?
Citations:
"College Redefines WTF Logic When They Kick Christian Group Off Campus For Who They Want to Lead Them". IJReview. Dashboard. Web. http://www.ijreview.com/2015/03/283585-campus-christian-group-shut-down-for-wanting-christian-leaders/
Just like the first amendment states that students have the freedom of choosing their religion, they should also be allowed to choose their leader. Who better to lead a group of students after God, than a believer who also is this type of mission minded?
Citations:
"College Redefines WTF Logic When They Kick Christian Group Off Campus For Who They Want to Lead Them". IJReview. Dashboard. Web. http://www.ijreview.com/2015/03/283585-campus-christian-group-shut-down-for-wanting-christian-leaders/
