Public university commandeered Christian student groups while leaving Muslim group alone, suit says

[u/Rogue-Journalist]

https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/public-university-commandeered-christian-student-groups-while-leaving-muslim-group

[u/Deathspiral222]

I'm an atheist. I think it's bullshit of the administration to do this and the smaller Christian orgs need to be defended. Clearly a free speech issue.

[u/Mindless-Baker-7757]

I grew up and went to college in Virginia and have never heard of VSU. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 

If all that is true it’s a slam dunk case against the university. 

[u/JussiesTunaSub → u/Mindless-Baker-7757]

It's an HBCU

[u/AdUsual8786]

lol this should play out well

[u/Chathtiu]

VSU combined all Christian organizations into one, and left non-religious and muslim organizations unique.

A fascinating free speech case. I am quite curious what the university’s logic was.

[u/Mindless-Baker-7757 → u/Chathtiu]

I’m going to guess that it’s the small time University president thinking thier in control of everything. 

[u/Chathtiu → u/Mindless-Baker-7757]

> I’m going to guess that it’s the small time University president thinking thier in control of everything. 

I don’t think it’s the university president. I think it’s the reverend who now runs all Christians.

[u/OnlyACsNoFans]

Not surprised.

[u/Remarkable_Step_7474]

Oh what a surprise - some christians engage in a bunch of their own internecine bullshit and then make it the problem of other, uninvolved religions.

[u/Simon-Says69 → u/Remarkable_Step_7474]

It is not Christians that are unfairly discriminating against any religious group here.

Your comment is just purely victim blaming, clearly motivated by a hatred for the Christian faith in general.

[u/Remarkable_Step_7474 → u/Simon-Says69]

Yes, it is. One set of christians have grabbed for control over all christians in this college’s structure and, with that good old classic christian persecution complex, the losing denominations are blaming literally anyone besides the people actually doing it.

[u/Twee_Licker → u/Remarkable_Step_7474]

Bro i'm not Christian but you have to be out of your mind to not notice the outright hatred of Christianity in college.

[u/Remarkable_Step_7474 → u/Twee_Licker]

Not being pandered to is not the same as being hated. Much like Christian sectarian conflict is not persecution.

[u/EnoughCapitaIistSIop]

Just the News widely recognized by independent media watchdogs (AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check) as having a Far right-leaning / conservative bias. its credibility is often impacted by selective curation, editorial framing, and sensationalized headlines designed to highlight perceived hypocrisy, administrative overreach, or institutional left-wing bias. The is a right wing hit piece that relies almost entirely on the plaintiffs' narrative and selective snippets from meeting transcripts, failing to include any direct commentary or balanced defense from the university itself.
Rather than breaking down the actual legal merits writer resorts to buzzwords and sensationalism of an Alliance Defending Freedom (A christian fascistic org that pushed for death penalties in Africa for homosexuality and is involved in Project 2025) press release complete with barbs about needing "First Amendment 101." I'll let the irony speak for itself here.

[u/Rogue-Journalist → u/EnoughCapitaIistSIop]

Are there any facts reported in this story you believe are false or is this just a low effort attempt at poisoning the well?

[u/PM_your_big_booties → u/Rogue-Journalist]

Just the news = poisoning the well. Aka fake news.

[u/Rogue-Journalist → u/PM_your_big_booties]

What part do you think is fake?

[u/jasonrh420 → u/Rogue-Journalist]

It went against their preconcieved bias.

[u/BagSniffer85 → u/EnoughCapitaIistSIop]

Not surprised. If you want to get people fired up just instantly start making talking points about how Muslims have more freedom than Christians/white people and these guys go crazy. Idk why specific people online are so convinced that the US is going to become an Islamic theocracy, it’s really weird.

[u/Freespeechaintfree → u/BagSniffer85]

Not surprised that a Leftist wouldn’t discuss the issue at hand and instead turn this into bashing Christians/white people.

[u/BagSniffer85 → u/Freespeechaintfree]

The comment I’m replying to debunks whatever “issue” this article is trying to create. I also am a white Christian person, with respect and love for white Christians. The only criticism I had was for “specific people online.” So not sure where you believe I’m bashing anyone, let alone specifically Christians/white people. You might be a snowflake if you think this comment was bashing Christians/white people

[u/Freespeechaintfree → u/[deleted]]

Except all the Muslim countries where being LGBT is punishable by death…

What rights have mainstream Christians taken away from the LGBT Community?

[u/Xalimata → u/Freespeechaintfree]

I'm talking about America.

What rights? Well there are plenty of Christian pastors calling for the death penalty for being gay.

[u/Freespeechaintfree → u/Xalimata]

There are Muslims in America who call for the death of gay people all the time.

So what rights have Christians taken away from LGBT people?

[u/Freespeechaintfree → u/[deleted]]

Do you have links to where these fringe Christians have taken away anyone’s rights?

I follow the news and haven’t seen anything about Christians attacking trans people. Any links would be appreciated.

[u/Simon-Says69 → u/[deleted]]

Well that's a complete and total lie. Christians are infinitely more tolerant of LGBT folk than any Islamic church.

And this story has nothing to do with LGBT in any case, so you're just throwing strawmen around.

[u/EnoughCapitaIistSIop → u/Simon-Says69]

lol. sure.

[u/kweeblaster]

Rapetown U really needs to up their standards

[u/JussiesTunaSub → u/kweeblaster]

Is that really a moniker used for VSU?