[Catspaw]

I consider myself a conservative, but in no way do I support any form of discrimination - for or against - based on race, gender, age or religion.

Neither do I. But what was this student denied? He wasn't denied entry to the university because of his views. He wasn't denied entry to the class because of his views. He wasn't thrown out of the class because of his views. He wasn't flunked by the professor because of his views. Where precisely is the discrimination?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your post!

Where precisely is the discrimination?

To quote again the Supreme Court decision in Thomas v. Review Board (emphasis mine):

A person may not be compelled to choose between the exercise of a First Amendment right and participation in an otherwise available public program. It is true that the Indiana law does not compel a violation of conscience, but where the state conditions receipt of an important benefit upon conduct proscribed by a religious faith, or where it denies such a benefit because of conduct mandated by religious belief, thereby putting substantial pressure on an adherent to modify his behavior and to violate his beliefs, a burden upon religion exists. While the compulsion may be indirect, the infringement upon free exercise is nonetheless substantial The student is being indirectly compelled to violate his beliefs which is a burden upon religion and thus a substantial infringement on his free excercise rights.