Posted on 05/22/2009 10:58:35 AM PDT by Hawk720
Does the University literature state that descent will not be allowed on campus?
What can Libert University be so afraid of? A true conservative college would not be afraid of the debate.
Well if so that money can’t be coming from the Government. They will never allow it Sep. of C. and S., so unless Obama can have one of his non-government affiliated agencies donate that money, ND is SOL.
Perhaps the College Republicans at ND and Liberty could have worked a little harder so that McCain-Palin would have won Indiana and Virginia.
So all they have to do is go to the pugies meetings and learn!
Oh, you know these crooked bastards will find ways around the law,
heck, it’s a known fact that Obama colluded with ACORN illegally in the election.
They are being censored. Not by the government, and it's not illegal censorship, but just the same it is censorship. Of course, they chose to go to Liberty, so they shouldn't be surprised that a lot of stuff will be censored.
It would seem to me that allowing a club on campus, is somewhat of an endorsement of the club’s values or goals.
“You presented an outline of your goals. We reviewed them and found them to be in line with our goals. We give you permission to organize on campus.”
I don’t think the school is saying they don’t want Democrats to attend. I believe they are saying that Democrats can’t organize there in an official manner.
The Democrat party wants to advocate for the right of women to terminate their fetuses up until the child is full term. How can a religious institution that supports right to life sign on to that kind of advocacy on their campus?
The students are able to vote as they like. They are able to associate with other Democrats on campus and discuss political issues. They just aren’t able to form a club and recruit people under that umbrella, or organize efforts to advocate for some of the sordid things Democrats support.
I don’t believe the students are prevented from leaving campus to support Democrats or join Democrat organizations.
BTW, universities are places of eduction, but that doesn’t mean that everything known to man should be taught on them. Can’t you think of a single thing you wouldn’t want taught on a university campus, other than the policy of closing down clubs? I’ll bet you can if you think about it.
IMO, the university education angle is used to pry open the door to all manner of sordid nonsense these days. I’m not convinced those sorts of things must be on campus or our youth will suffer a stunted growth.
I wonder if their decision was influenced by the notra dame scandal..
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Some of the LU rules are rather loopy. We lost several members of our online gaming ministry when they went to LU. Violent computer games like Call of Duty were verboten.
No one is going to sue Liberty University over this issue. The Dean of the LU School of Law is the guy who heads up Liberty Counsel, and I believe they have never lost a religious liberty case.
I attended a parochial boarding school. I remember those years, and they were good for me. It was a good learning environment, and I found it nice to attend in a little more protected setting than public high school would have been.
I attended public high school as well. I enjoyed my time there too.
People make the decision to attend or not. They can go elsewhere. I don’t see this as Liberty University forcing their views on anyone, because there are all sorts of universities with different values systems, and folks can attend another if it fits more in line with their values.
I appreciate your comments. They brought up some memories of my own. Thanks.
Why would a Democrat go to Liberty University in the first place?
I for one, if I sent my kids to a private Christian school such as this one,
would be doing so so that they would NOT be subjected to indoctrination and peer-pressure liberalism.
Seriously, though, if a PRIVATE Muslim school wanted to ban Jews or Republicans, that would be their right under freedom of association.
You beat me to it, I’m shocked it took 20 posts before it was mentioned...
I think you just put your finger on it, though. At State U, kids are in fact being indoctrinated rather than educated, unless they are in the science or engineering department. Kids are being subjected to Halliburton rants, and diligently taking notes because there will be a test. ;-)
Liberty is a religious institution. In my opinion, if abortion and homosexuality were not such litmus test issues among Democrats, it would be very possible for a Christian to belong to that party. He'd be wrong of course, but it would be very possible. On the issue of centralized versus decentralized state power, on the issue of directed versus lassez faire economy, its possible to be on the wrong side of the issue and still be a Christian, I think.
But to support abortion at a Christian university, or homosexual marriage at a Christian university, you'd have some explaining to do I think. To do so as an individual, as a private view, fine, though as a Christian you should be able to explain the apparent contradiction. To form a club and promote it, you might get shut down. I can understand libertarian arguments on those issues, but Dems typically go far beyond that.
What can Libert University be so afraid of? A true conservative college would not be afraid of the debate.
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