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Christian group rejects gay student - then sues university for discrimination [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Christian group rejects gay student – then sues university for discrimination
Associated Press in Des Moines, Iowa
Mon 15 Jan 2018 17.06 GMT
The University of Iowa is caught up in a legal fight with Business Leaders in Christ, a conservative Christian group that denied a leadership position to a gay student.
The case pits a university policy barring discrimination based on sexual orientation against the religious beliefs of the 10-member group, which sued after the state’s flagship university in Iowa City revoked its campus registration in November.
The group says its membership is open to everyone, but that its leaders must affirm a statement of faith that rejects homosexuality.
The university says it respects the right of students, faculty and staff to practice the religion of their choice but does not tolerate discrimination of any kind.
Business Leaders in Christ, which was founded in the spring of 2015 by students at the university’s Tippie College of Business, met weekly for Bible study, to conduct service projects and to mentor students on “how to continually keep Christ first in the fast-paced business world”.
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Associated Press in Des Moines, Iowa
Mon 15 Jan 2018 17.06 GMT
The University of Iowa is caught up in a legal fight with Business Leaders in Christ, a conservative Christian group that denied a leadership position to a gay student.
The case pits a university policy barring discrimination based on sexual orientation against the religious beliefs of the 10-member group, which sued after the state’s flagship university in Iowa City revoked its campus registration in November.
The group says its membership is open to everyone, but that its leaders must affirm a statement of faith that rejects homosexuality.
The university says it respects the right of students, faculty and staff to practice the religion of their choice but does not tolerate discrimination of any kind.
Business Leaders in Christ, which was founded in the spring of 2015 by students at the university’s Tippie College of Business, met weekly for Bible study, to conduct service projects and to mentor students on “how to continually keep Christ first in the fast-paced business world”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/15/university-of-iowa-christian-
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