Liberty University will no longer recognize its campus Democratic Party club because its parent organization stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.
The club, which has about 30 members, will no longer be able to use Liberty's name, hold on-campus meetings or be eligible for student activities money.
"I think it does the university a great disservice to stifle one side of the discussion simply because we are Democrats,'' said Maria Childress, the club's adviser and an administrative assistant at the school.
Brian Diaz, president of Liberty's Democratic club said he was informed of the school's decision in a May 15 e-mail.
"The candidates supported are directly contrary to the mission of Liberty University," the e-mail said.
Liberty has had a College Republicans club for several years. The Democratic club formed in October and worked aggressively to elect President Obama.
"They . . . let the Liberty University College Republicans stay on campus but they don't let us,'' said Diaz, 18, who will be a sophomore next year. "Sounds like censorship to me."
Childress said she is trying to appeal the decision to Jerry Falwell Jr., who became the Lynchburg school's chancellor after his father died in 2007.
Source: Washington Post
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I do not like the precedent this sets. What is stopping secular schools from banning all Christian groups?
Nothing.
Since the age of 5, I wasn’t expected to live beyond age 36, so my 37th birthday was cause for great celebration and I’m happy to say I celebrated my 37th birthday this year… for the 27th time. Obviously I haven’t completed what God put me here on earth to do, which I believe is to unmask the Taliban like right wing religious zealots as being the Christian WRONG!
As an award-winning reporter/news anchor for WDBJ-TV in nearby Roanoke back in the late 60’s and early 70’s, I covered a number of Washington Politicians, but nothing compared to the Secret Recordings I recently came across that will soon be published and will certainly make the officials at Liberty University seriously rethink their position on the Young Democrats. In fact, it will call into question much of what they teach. Liberty’s so-called principals are those of the anti-christ. These false prophets, which Christ warned about, engage in hate mongering, not spreading the love of Christ. All who profess to believe in the Gospels, especially the students at Liberty should go to www.secretrecordings.com and request notification of when the transcripts will be released.