The newspaper quoted Alan Glenn, Stanford's assistant athletic director of human resources: "[His religion] was definitely something that had to be considered. We're a very diverse community with a diverse alumni. Anything that would stand out that much is something that has to be looked at.... It was one of many variables that was considered."
This doesn't sound like a very diverse comment. I guess diversity ends where Christianity begins.
I guess diversity ends where Christianity begins.
That's almost too good.
Obviously, not only is this discrimination wrong, it's hugely ironic. But, I have to ask, is the problem here that they're discriminating against a Christian, or that they're practicing a double standard? To put it another way, if he'd been turned away from a university with many orthodox religious students because he was gay, would that be more constitutional or acceptable than this, or just as bad? And is the question that I'm sure would be posed in that situation ("why would a homosexual want to work somewhere where he won't be happy") not applicable here?