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REJECTED AS ‘DISCRIMINATORY’ AND SHUNNED FROM CAMPUSES, CHRISTIAN CLUBS STRUGGLE
http://www.thecollegefix.com ^ | february 25, 2015 | Aaron Bandler

Posted on 03/01/2015 8:26:15 PM PST by lowbridge

When Cal Poly Sal Luis Obispo hosts its annual Open House this April, during which campus clubs typically greet and recruit prospective visiting students, one longtime mainstay at the university will be conspicuously absent: Cru.

The Christian club will not be allowed to set up a table and pass out fliers, or meet and greet guests. It’s the same at Chico State, where Cru will not be allowed to showcase itself during the school’s annual fall recruitment drive. They’ve also been forbidden from hanging up posters in freshman dorms.

Gone are the days when Christian student clubs at Cal Poly Sal Luis Obispo, Chico State – and the other 21 Cal State universities across California – are allowed to set up shop in the quad and recruit.

This school year, CSU administrators labeled campus Christian groups that refuse to allow non-Christians to lead them “discriminatory.” As a result, Christian clubs at Cal State universities that refused to change their constitutions and check boxes saying they would allow non-Christians as leaders have been officially derecognized by their campus communities.

They’ve been scrubbed from campus websites and directories. They cannot take part in events that help campus clubs recruit new members and gain visibility. They are charged a more expensive, outsider fee to rent rooms on campus – straining their already tight coffers. They’ve lost a chance to receive a portion of student fees collected to help clubs on campuses thrive.

All these changes have hurt.

For Cru – one of three Christian clubs derecognized from Cal Poly and Chico State’s campuses this school year – participation has dwindled or outright plunged.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christianity; discrimination; religion
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1 posted on 03/01/2015 8:26:15 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

I’m sure that the Muslim Student Association is being treated identically.


2 posted on 03/01/2015 8:28:38 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: lowbridge

Do they let non-students take classes and get degrees at Cal Poly?

Do they let non-students run student clubs?

Well, that’s just blatant discrimination.


3 posted on 03/01/2015 8:34:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

saw the Black Student Association when I was in college...not white people there. One day I passed by and saw a meeting where former Rep. Harold Ford was giving a talk...no whites in the crowd.


4 posted on 03/01/2015 8:34:29 PM PST by RginTN
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To: lowbridge

Guaranteed no straights allowed to lead the gay clubs.


5 posted on 03/01/2015 8:42:32 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: lowbridge

Colleges and universities should be engaged in hiring professors and providing buildings for classrooms and libraries.

There should be NO “activity fees” or any university involvement in doling out activity money. Or any rules about what associations or clubs the students form.

This should apply to sports, also. It’s all a vast, corrupt racket.


6 posted on 03/01/2015 8:58:41 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: lowbridge

This organization called “Cru” used to be called Campus Crusade for Christ. They changed their name to appease liberals and deemphasize Christianity and Christ and try to broaden their appeal. Their reward? They get banned from campus anyway. So why try to appease liberals???


7 posted on 03/01/2015 9:10:05 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Slings and Arrows
Interestingly, the article says this:

Clubs such as the Muslim Students Association, Cru, InterVarsity and the Newman Catholic Center were among dozens represented at the Nov. 15 California State Student Association meeting at Cal Poly to speak out against the new policy.

I don't know whether or not that means the policy extends to the Muslim Students Association, though.

8 posted on 03/01/2015 9:17:53 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Slings and Arrows

Yeah, I would love to see what would happen if a Christian or Jew tried to run for an office. The university would figure out a way to weasel out of it for their sake.


9 posted on 03/01/2015 9:19:21 PM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: lowbridge

When did this cease being the USA? It’s gone. Barely a shred left and no one seems to care. It’s unbelievable. Yet it’s true. Just blows my mind.


10 posted on 03/01/2015 9:34:01 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Tired of Taxes

In the same vein, would they ban Muslim groups if they didn’t allow non-Muslims to be leaders? If not, then, that’s discriminatory too. This country is so messed up.


11 posted on 03/01/2015 10:02:46 PM PST by Catsrus (s)
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To: Arkansas Toothpick

“The candidate was found beheaded, with the words ‘Allahu Akbar’ written on the ground in his own blood. Coroner said it was the worst case of suicide he’d ever seen.”


12 posted on 03/01/2015 10:08:51 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Weird. Thanks.


13 posted on 03/01/2015 10:09:50 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: bluejean

Seems about 6 years back.


14 posted on 03/01/2015 10:44:01 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: lowbridge

Such policies are made to allow the hijacking and perverting of these clubs by Lib secularists.


15 posted on 03/01/2015 11:10:52 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: lowbridge

As soon as Christians are no longer able to declare that there is no other real path To God than Jesus Christ all religions become watered down paths to hell..


16 posted on 03/01/2015 11:11:24 PM PST by aces (Jesus Saves not Society)
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To: Tired of Taxes

20 years ago I belonged to a evangelical Christian club at a community college. A girl lied to the members about being a evangelical Christian and got elected president of the club. shortly after being elected she informed everyone that she was Mormon and that she hid the fact because she would of been discriminated against in the election. because of the rules at the college there was no way of removing her from her position. so a club that had over 50 members dissolved it self becoming a club with only five members all Mormon. what was really interesting was that there was a Mormon club on campus at the time and that the drama from are club collapsing in on it self spelled over to that club where half the members agreed with what the girl did and the other half thought it stunk


17 posted on 03/01/2015 11:27:25 PM PST by PCPOET7
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To: lowbridge

“CSU administrators labeled campus Christian groups that refuse to allow non-Christians to lead them “discriminatory.””

This whole policy is just so lacking in common sense that I have to conclude that it is motivated by anti-Christian prejudice and bigotry. Why wouldn’t ANY group restrict leadership to those who accept the goals of the specific group?


18 posted on 03/01/2015 11:31:32 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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19 posted on 03/01/2015 11:48:15 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: lowbridge
That Cru must be doing something right --

2Ti_3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Maybe they're too strong on godly living for the college policritters.

20 posted on 03/02/2015 3:29:39 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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