CU Apologizes for Forcing Christian Student Group to Allow Non-Christians to Lead the Club
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has agreed to a settlement with a Christian apologetics student group who were de-affiliated with the college for stipulating that leaders in their group must adhere to mainline Christian beliefs.
The university agreed to pay the plaintiff's representing Ratio Christi some $20,574 in damages and will also reinstate the group as an official student club. In addition, the college also promised to review its “Club & Organization Handbook” and ensure that it contained information making it clear that clubs are at liberty to only appoint leaders who share the fundamental beliefs of their group....