U-Wisconsin's Anti-Christian Efforts Lose

Below you will find two stories which provide further proofs that the Regents and administrators of the University of Wisconsin are unfit to manage the affairs of that once great school.

It appears that the Anti-Christian efforts (Jihad?) of UW (And the organizations under its control) continues even at a time when it is installing (Or, has installed) special foot baths for Muslims to use as part of their religious practices.

STORY #1
InterVarsity chapter reaches settlement with University of Wisconsin-Superior
Student group receives official recognition after filing lawsuit against unconstitutional actions by school officials
Friday, April 13, 2007, 11:02 AM (MST) |
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SUPERIOR, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Superior has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom on behalf of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter at the school. University officials have agreed to formally recognize the chapter as part of the settlement agreement.

“America’s colleges and universities should recognize the constitutional rights of Christian student groups just as they do other student groups,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David French, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom. “This settlement ensures that InterVarsity can determine its standards for leadership at UW-Superior without fear of losing access to student facilities and student fee funding which all other recognized campus groups enjoy.”

“This agreement also brings UW-Superior in line with where the 7th Circuit stands at present on such matters,” French added, referring to a July order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit regarding a similar matter in which ADF was involved at Southern Illinois University (www.telladf.org/news/story.aspx?cid=3798).

ADF attorneys filed InterVarsity Christian Fellowship-UW Superior v. Walsh on Oct. 2 (www.telladf.org/news/story.aspx?cid=3868). On Nov. 15, the school agreed to a stipulated injunction that allowed the InterVarsity chapter to enjoy all the benefits o. As part of the settlement, the InterVarsity chapter will receive all of the student fees that it did not receive previously.

A copy of the settlement in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship-UW Superior v. Walsh, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, can be read at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/UWSuperiorSettlement.pdf.

The ADF Center for Academic Freedom is defending religious freedom at America’s public universities. ADF is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.

STORY #2

Settlements and Verdicts
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI: (May-04-07) The University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation filed charges against the university, alleging religious discrimination after the group was denied recognition, despite a campus presence dating to the 1880s. The group filed suit last year after UW-Madison said it could no longer be recognized because only three of its 12 board members were students and it violated nondiscrimination policies by limiting membership to Catholics. The dispute has been watched closely because it could set clearer standards on whether student fees at a public university can go to religious groups, and for what activities, without violating the constitutional separation of church and state or discriminating against religion. In a settlement reached, the University of Wisconsin agreed to award $250,000 in student fees next year to the Catholic group to settle its religious discrimination lawsuit. The group had requested for the money for activities ranging from prayer gatherings to speeches and classes in theology for students. All expenditures will be subject to a legal review by the university as part of the agreement. [CAPITAL TIMES: RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION]