Restore Religious Freedom at Vanderbilt

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Recently, Vanderbilt University placed five longtime extracurricular religious groups on "provisional status" — jeopardizing their continued role on campus — because these groups required their leaders to share the groups' core religious beliefs. In so doing, the University abandoned its long tradition of religious tolerance, forcing the groups into adopting moral viewpoints contrary to thousands of years of Judeo-Christian teaching.

This new policy of religious intolerance is being justified in the name of "diversity."

The new policy omits any mention of Vanderbilt's former policy of allowing freedom of religious association — emphasizing instead the importance of "genetic information" and a policy of not discriminating "against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression." This policy change is a direct assault on the First Amendment rights of association and religious expression of Vanderbilt students.
Restore Religious Freedom at Vanderbilt is a project of Americans United for Freedom, a 501(c)(4) (pending) social welfare organization which focuses on nonpartisan civic education and advocacy regarding important national issues.