This will be one battle Liberty can’t win. Even being right morally, they can’t win.
At a private educational institution, the school itself can judge who is and is not eligible for club status. BUT, if that school (”private,” “public,” it does NOT matter) accepts government funds of any type (Liberty accepts both VA State tuition assistance and Federal grants, student loans, etc) then that institution must dance to the tune the piper has called...
I wrote a column over 2 decades ago, in my college newspaper, criticizing Jerry Falwell for jumping thru government hoops so his school could get government funding. I said it would come back to haunt him. Well, rest his soul, it’s not haunting Jerry — but it IS haunting Liberty.
This is red meat for the pirahna’s and sharks aka Kaine, McAuliffe, and Democrats in general. They will not stop until they have cut off Liberty completely from state and federal funds. One cannot coexist with Liberals — one must surrender to them, or utterly defeat them. There is no “middle ground,” no room for negotiation or compromise.
Didnt Liberty win a lawsuit on that? Something that students taking grants or student loans did not mean liberty was taking federal money for purposes of then submitting to federal control on issues like this.
Someone mentioned that ruling the other day here.
You have explained well why I believe that acceptance of govt. aid by “faith-based” charities opens the door to disastrous Leftist sabotage and control of those organizations. Once again, we have George W. Bush (as in bank bailouts, Rx drug entitlements, etc.) to thank for getting the govt’s foot in the door, preparing the way for the likes of Obama.