Christian Legal Society vs. UC Hastings School of the Law

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by Los Angeles Times, Editorial

The school is on shaky legal ground in denying the society status as a recognized campus organization. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to referee a dispute between a University of California law school and a Christian student group that claims it's being discriminated against -- in the name of antidiscrimination. The Christian Legal Society, which requires its members to forswear sex outside heterosexual marriage, is contesting the refusal of UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco to afford it the privileges enjoyed by other student groups.

It's tempting for believers in equality for gays and lesbians (ourselves included) to side with the law school. But more is involved in this controversy than the school's opposition to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The issue for the court is whether Hastings is denying the Christian group access to university facilities because of its beliefs, not its conduct. On this point, the Christian Legal Society has a strong case.

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