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The fight for campus access for faith-based student groups scored another legal victory this week. A district court judge ruled on Monday that Wayne State University violated the First Amendment with a 2017 decision that temporarily denied InterVarsity Christian Fellowship its status as a student group over the chapter’s requirement that its leaders be Christian. Wayne State’s nondiscrimination policy, according the 83-page opinion by Robert Cleland, “violated plaintiffs’ rights to internal management, free speech, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, and free exercise as a ma...

Students pray during a bible study hosted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Montclair State University in New Jersey. | (Photo: InterVarsity) A federal court ruled on Monday to protect a Christian student organization that had its official student club status revoked by a Michigan university for requiring its leaders to adhere to its statement of faith. University officials will be held liable for discriminating against the club. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a student ministry that provides community, Bible studies and important discussions on campus, has been a part of Wayne Stat...

Judge finds Wayne State violated rights of student religious group The Detroit News A federal judge has ruled that Wayne State University discriminated against a Christian student group by denying it official recognition because it requires its leaders to be Christians. In fall 2017, Wayne State flagged InterVarsity's constitution requiring that those in the group's leadership be Christian. The Christian group was decertified in October 2017 after refusing to drop the leadership requirement from its bylaws; the university restored recognition in 2018. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Rober...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A federal judge has ruled that Wayne State University violated the First Amendment in refusing to officially recognize the Christian group InterVarsity because it required its leaders to be adherents of the faith. In a summary judgment Monday, Judge Robert H. Cleland granted InterVarsity its request for a permanent injunction. The Michigan school had notified InterVarsity that its leadership requirements violated the school's anti-discrimination policy. "The uncontested facts demonstrate that Defendants violate...

Federal judge rules Michigan university discriminated against Christian group Print this article A federal judge has ruled that a Michigan school discriminated against a Christian campus group that requires its leaders to be Christians. Judge Robert Cleland found that Wayne State University, a state school in Detroit, treated the campus's chapter of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship unfairly when it suspended the group in 2017 for mandating that leaders must profess Christianity. The school had justified its action as an enforcement of its nondiscrimination policy. But Cleland wrote tha...