<p>I’m not.a lawyer so I defer to lawyers. I’m just correcting the erroneous assumption that an act of a private entity is usurping freedom of religion or of speech. </p>
<p>Pizzagirl, of course you are correct. That is a major pet peeve of mine. The First Amendment applies to the government and should be fought for by everyone, particularly with regard to speech and religion with which we don’t agree. When the governing entity is private, then tough noogies. Go somewhere else. The groups at issue here have been barred from campus, not banned from existence. Big difference. There are plenty of Catholic colleges to support the needs of Catholic students, and I do think catholic colleges should toe the official line, but when getting into the issue of “Christian” groups, people like me have a right to that name and we not only would support gay Christian leaders but have done so in our churches for as long as I can remember. However, as a personal matter, I do think it is incumbent on dissenting members to do so as respectfully as they have a right to be treated. It is one thing to encourage change from the inside, but if you are coming from a place of hate, then you are as much a discriminator as the excluders.</p>
<p>Following up on zoozermom’s post, there are many LGBT friendly & supportive religious groups on many campuses. On one of the first pages of the thread, I asked which churches were actually expelling gay members in this day and age? This wasn’t a rhetorical question. I am very interested in the answer.</p>
<p>alh, I watched a documentary recently about a young trans woman who had to go in front of the Mormon leaders (?) so that they could determine whether or not she could continue in the church. </p>
<p>I have no idea the official Mormon policy on this, nor do I know what happened in her case. I will try to remember the name of the documentary later. </p>
<p>ETA: The documentary is Transmormon and her name is Eri Hayward. I’d love to hear if anyone knows about what happened. </p>