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Liberty U. Not Quite Living Up To Name

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Liberty University, a private Christian school, has revoked recognition of its student Democrat club. The university administration sent the club a nice letter, which reads in part:

“The Democratic Party platform is contrary to the mission of Liberty University and to Christian doctrine (supports abortion, federal funding of abortion, advocates repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, promotes the ‘LGBT’ agenda, hate crimes, which include sexual orientation and gender identity, socialism, etc.),” according to the newspaper. The Democratic group at Liberty has expressed opposition to abortion rights and gay marriage.”

Of course, Liberty U. is private, so it’s not required to be viewpoint neutral like public universities, but it is still odd to see. Liberty U. also has a student Republican club, which has not been shut down.

Meanwhile, the Chronicle also reports that Brigham Young University recently disbanded both its Republican and Democrat clubs, citing the “political-neutrality policy of the university.” Well, at least BYU is equally discriminatory (if you’ll pardon the oxymoron) towards political student groups.