I agree. The UC system should be able to set its own standards for admissions. Admission standards, afterall, are there to help the student and indicate whether the student will succeed in that particular university. If the university thinks a particular biology class will not prepare the student for academic success, then it is the university's call.
Having graduated from the UC system, I know they are libertarian in the sense that everyone is welcome there, no matter what race or religion. The bottom line for Universities is that they need to keep up their scholastic ratings. And they also play the $$$ game. One metric a university uses is the number of students who graduate and find employment in their field. If the university does not think a student will succeed, it could hurt their ratings and the student will not be admitted.
To turn this issue of admission standards for a biology class into a religious issue is like playing the race card every time a racial issue comes up, imo.
This is all B.S. The Public Schools are a disaster in California and most other states as well. The Private School graduates are much better prepared than most Public school grads. The same thing goes for home schoolers.
And BTW, these Christians pay extremely high taxes to pay for these "colleges" (Government Indoctrination Centers) just like everyone else.
They don't have any problem admitting semi literate affirmative action students so what's the problem here?