Comments on: Christian fraternity stays

By: Erasmus

Erasmus — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:09:54 +0000

frats are places for zeroes to meet other zeroes.

by that token it’s a wonder there aren’t more christian fraternities.

By: Kennethos

Kennethos — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:00:37 +0000

#1, Random Name:
Nice way of addressing the post…without addressing the topic at hand. Maybe next time we’ll actually hear your thoughts?

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By: Kennethos

Kennethos — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:59:48 +0000

I suspect part of the difficulty of the Christian frat opening up to non-Christians is what happens when a non-believer becomes a leader, and is not Christian? Just like most of the original colleges and universities in the country, gradually led away from the faith.
Being missional for the frat might be a good thing. Or it might be a way for some folks to stay true to Christ in the midst of a pagan land.

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By: outkast

outkast — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:33:08 +0000

Amen, Llama.

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By: llama

llama — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:55:56 +0000

Next thing you know you will become brain dead enough to allow atheists join your church and preach in it as your pastor.

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By: llama

llama — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:54:31 +0000

I guess black frats and student unions will just have to go since you can’t discriminate based on race? This is nonsense. Private organizations can discriminate any way they wish because we, as Americans, have a constitutionally right to associate with whoever we wish.

Country clubs can exclude Jews if they wish – Jewish ones don’t let in Goys either. Gays are out of the Scouts. You have to have a religion to be a Shriner.

It is only the left that tries to discriminate against anyone today and this is another prime example where they are trying to keep Christians from doing what anyone else can do legally as a God given right under the Constitution.

Being a Christian and turning the other cheek by saying they should let non Christians join a Christian Frat is total nonsense and should never ever be allowed.

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By: John M.

John M. — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:53:48 +0000

Just another way for Christians to act worldly without admitting that they’re worldly. There’s already a Christian fraternity, it’s call The Church.

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By: Graceland

Graceland — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:37:25 +0000

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I thought the whole purpose of fraternities was to be able to choose your own members and set your own criteria.

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By: TRS

TRS — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:50:26 +0000

I think that a Christian fraternity should allow non-Christians in, but not into leadership. If the leadership loses its worldview, then the whole group will too.

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By: Kiyoshi

Kiyoshi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:52:20 +0000

Where are the cries about an activist judiciary?

University policy requires that organizations not discriminate on the basis of religion as a condition of receiving state funding. Under the Supreme Court’s standard expressed in Smith, such a rule does not violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.

I find it interesting that the arguments proffered by ADF mirror those proffered by liberals in abortion-related litigation. Why do evangelicals howl against unenumerated rights in one context, but claim unenumerated rights for themselves in other contexts?

This case again demonstrates that evangelicals in America are not merely interested in a place in the public square. Rather, they want the government to confer upon them a privileged status within the public square.

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