A religious discrimination lawsuit filed this week led to a reversal at the Michigan school.
Just two days after InterVarsity Christian Fellowship filed a lawsuit against Wayne State University, the Detroit college decided to let the chapter regain its official status on campus once again—one of the quickest initial victories in string of legal battles over Christian groups at public colleges.
Last year, InterVarsity lost its recognition as a student group at Wayne State, the third-largest school in Michigan, over requirements that its leaders affirm the organization’s Christian beliefs, which the school viewed as a violation of its nondiscrimination policy.
The organization sued on Tuesday, claiming religious discrimination; other student groups allowed on campus similarly ask leaders to share certain core values. Wayne State ultimately re-certified the group on Thursday.
“We’re so glad that Wayne State is letting us back on campus,” said Cristina Garza, former president and current member of Wayne State’s InterVarsity chapter, which dates back 75 years and is one of the oldest in the country. “We hope the school will make this change permanent, so no other students have to go through what we’ve been through over the last six months.”
InterVarsity is all too familiar with the fight for campus access, having lost then regained its place on 19 Cal State campuses in 2014 and 2015 due to the schools’ “all comers” policy, which requires school-sanctioned groups to open membership eligibility to all students and leadership positions to all members. Such a policy also led to InterVarsity getting forced off campus at Vanderbilt University a few years before.
Across more than 1,000 chapters at 687 college campuses, InterVarsity opens membership to all students, ...
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