Category: Religious Liberty
Schools:
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Letter from UNC to Psalm 100, October 14, 2011
FIRE Letter to UNC, September 16, 2011
Psalm 100 Mission and History, September 1, 2011
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UNC: Christian belief OKs dumping gay group member
October 14, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Officials at North Carolina’s flagship university say a Christian singing group had the latitude to expel a member who identified himself as gay. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says the decision by the Christian a cappella group Psalm 100 did not violate the school’s non-discrimination policy. The university’s non-discrimination policy allows student groups to limit their memberships to students who share specific beliefs, but not on personal characteristics like race, age or sexual orientation. The Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said Psalm 100 kicked the student out because he no longer […]
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UNC: Christian belief OKs dumping gay group member
October 14, 2011
Officials at North Carolina’s flagship university say a Christian singing group had the latitude to expel a member who identified himself as gay. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says the decision by the Christian a cappella group Psalm 100 did not violate the school’s non-discrimination policy. The university’s non-discrimination policy allows student groups to limit their memberships to students who share specific beliefs, but not on personal characteristics like race, age or sexual orientation. The Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said Psalm 100 kicked the student out because he no longer lived up to the […]
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Victory at University of North Carolina: Religious Student Group Free to Practice Its Beliefs
October 14, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., October 14, 2011—The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has cleared a Christian student group of any wrongdoing after it dismissed a student who felt that he could no longer adhere to the group’s religious beliefs. Yesterday, Christian a cappella student group Psalm 100 learned that UNC had determined that the group had complied with UNC’s nondiscrimination policy, which allows belief-based student groups to make decisions about members and leaders based on those beliefs. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) had intervened to ensure that UNC follow its stated policy. “While it should not […]
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