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A national Christian campus organization is suing a California law school for not funding the religious group because it will not accept members of the gay and lesbian community in voting and leadership roles.
In Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, the U.S. Supreme Court heard from the Christian Legal Society chapter at the University of California Hastings College of the Law on Monday in a case that brings rights for gay and lesbian people in campus organizations to the forefront.
The case brief stated that though all students can attend and participate in meetings and activities regardless of their sexuality, CLS officers and voting members must sign a CLS Statement of Faith and adhere to the pledge.
Officers must show the highest standards of morality for their profession of faith to be credible, the brief stated.
CLS legal counsel Gregory Baylor said the group adheres to the Christian belief of marriage between a man and woman.
"Accordingly, the mere experience of same-sex sexual attraction does not undermine a person's eligibility for leadership or voting membership," Baylor said in an e-mail.
MU Triangle Coalition Vice President Sean Jarvis said the issue does not only involve gay and lesbian discrimination.
"You're discriminating against queer Christians," Jarvis said. "How is that not religious discrimination in and of itself?"
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