Ruth Malhotra and Orit Sklar, two members of the College Republicans filed a suit against Georgia Tech on March 16 claiming that the campus' gay-friendly Safe Space program "denigrate[s] religions that oppose [homosexual] behavior." The lawsuit states that the "Safe Space is a program explicitly infused with religious meaning and purpose, and is designed in part to advance a specific religious view of homosexual behavior." Neither political nor religious groups at Georgia Tech receive funding, while Safe Space does receive funding putting these groups at a disadvantage in terms of free speech according to the David French of Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing the students.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Georgia Tech, Homosexuality, Religion, and Republicans
Ruth Malhotra and Orit Sklar, two members of the College Republicans filed a suit against Georgia Tech on March 16 claiming that the campus' gay-friendly Safe Space program "denigrate[s] religions that oppose [homosexual] behavior." The lawsuit states that the "Safe Space is a program explicitly infused with religious meaning and purpose, and is designed in part to advance a specific religious view of homosexual behavior." Neither political nor religious groups at Georgia Tech receive funding, while Safe Space does receive funding putting these groups at a disadvantage in terms of free speech according to the David French of Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing the students.
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