On the one hand, it’s a small story. It only relates to 50 students or so. Other than a cameo appearance in Love Actually, Wisconsin is not a name brand state.
On the other hand, this is the third in a row. First it was Rutgers University in New Jersey. Then it was Georgetown University. Now the University of Wisconsin has ‘De-recognised’ the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship group. On October 2, IVCF filed suit.
Who can blame them? On the face of it the decision by these universities is absurd. IVCF (similar to UCCF, the Christian Union organisation in the UK) insists that its leaders sign its Statement of Belief. The universities have claimed that such a policy is discriminatory. What will be next, IVCF President Alec Hill wants to know, will Republican groups on campus be forced to allow Democrats as members? Will Jewish groups have to accept holocaust deniers? The suit of law asserts that not only does the position of the University of Wisconsin defy commonsense, it is also contrary to law.
