Today, the Supreme Court upheld a federal appellate court ruling that affirmed the constitutionality of university nondiscrimination policies. San Diego State University’s policy prohibits officially recognized campus groups from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or religious beliefs. The university chapter of Alpha Delta Chi, a “Christian” sorority and fraternity, sued, saying the policy violated the group’s religious freedom to bar LGBT people from membership. A federal appeals court rejected that argument, and the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal, leaving the lower court ruling in place.
This is an important blow to the special right sought by socially conservative religious groups receiving public funds to discriminate against LGBT people in the public square.
H/t: Joe
It is great that the Supreme Court is upholding not only the rights of the LGBT community,but overall common sense.
Someone que the “My religion is being repressed” folks. any moment now.
I’m pretty surprised the Opus Deists–Sca-lito, Tomas, Roberts and/or Kennedy–couldn’t come up with four votes to grant cert.
If this Court is upholding this decision, then the newly-launched extremist-right “my religion trumps your rights” meme is already dead in the water. Now it can join the “I’m not a bigot, but you are because you keep calling me a bigot because of my bigotry” meme. Hooray!
Unsurprising action in light of the Court’s decision in similar case in 2010; 5-4 ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez upheld right of Univ of California’s Hastings College of Law to deny recognition to Christian club that excluded gays.
Oh look, once again ‘religious freedom’ ACTUALLY means ‘the right to exclude who we want’.
Maybe we need to consider a drug test for the Supreme’s? Just what the hell is going on in Washington.
Mr. Becker: I see what you did there.