<p>Hanna, you do not address my argument. I never said public and private universities are treated the same under the law. What I said was this:
You are failing to consider my statement “for the most part”. The cases you cite show that public and private universities are not the same. They do not show that private universities can disregard their obligations to which they are deemed to have agreed upon their decision to accept federal financial assistance. If Harvard chose to reject all federal financial assistance, Harvard’s rights to discriminate would be greater. Harvard has not done so and must comly with Department of Education regulations just as would a public institution receiving federal financial assistance. In other words, you have not come even close to refuting my argument, you have only shown that public and private universities are not the same (which is a point I do not dispute).</p>
<p>Another point you are missing is the distinction between actions taken today and actions taken many years ago that has historic significance. Speaking of religious symbols, the U.S. Supreme Court building has references to religion yet those references do not need to be removed because of their historic meaning.</p>