Interesting question on the Left's treatment of Christianity - Granite Grok

Interesting question on the Left’s treatment of Christianity

David French, whom we’ve had on GrokTALK!, does a run up and then asks a question.  First, the run up:

John and Jill are both applying to work at a company like Google, Apple, Starbucks, or Disney. John is an advocate for LGBT issues, he believes Caitlyn Jenner is a woman, and he thinks Black Lives Matter has pulled back the curtain on systematic police racism. Jill is an Evangelical Christian who believes marriage is God-defined as the lifelong, covenant relationship of one man and one woman. She knows that Caitlyn Jenner is a man. And while her heart grieves for racism, she believes Black Lives Matter is a dangerous, radical organization that is inciting violence and spreading dangerous hoaxes that are inflaming millions of Americans.

And now, the question about how Society sees the two:

Will they both be equally free to share their views in the workplace? If their views are known, will they enjoy equal economic opportunity if they speak in the same manner and same intensity inside and outside the office? If John puts marriage equality and Black Lives Matters posters or stickers up in his cubicle, can Jill freely counter his speech with her own? Do your answers change if John and Jill are both applying to work at Harvard?

Honest liberals know the answers.

And so do the rest of us.  Never forget that many came to the New World to be able to practice their conscience and religious beliefs, not just in the “freedom to worship” as the Left demands within the four walls of a building, but ALL the time.  Back Row Baptists may profess their faith, for instance, on Sunday morning but one might be hard pressed to see any beliefs during the week.  Those who do hold to articles of faith live those principles 7/24 – it seems, at times, that our country’s beginnings are a bug and not a feature.

(H/T: The Corner)  Still doubt it?  Here’s a real world example (reformatted, emphasis mine):

University with history of anti-Christian bias denies credits to students volunteering at church

According to LifeSite.com, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is a publicly funded school that gives out credits for rendering volunteer services and community service. However, as two students soon discovered, the university has a bias about what it will dole out credits for and what it won’t. More accurately, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will give you credit for volunteering at a Planned Parenthood, but it will not give you any credit for volunteering at a location that involves Christian beliefs.

Two university students were refused credit for leading a class of Catholic youth to understand Christianity, Latin, and Biblical history, to improve their reading skills, and to understand character integrity and interpersonal forgiveness. Alexandra Liebl and Madelyn Rysavy concluded the university is bias against service learning in a religious environment because the classes met at a Catholic church and focused on Christian values and beliefs.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) agreed with the students and filed a legal complaint alleging their constitutional rights were violated because “no public university should ever use a community service program as a vehicle to advance and instill anti-religious bias.”

There is nothing in the rulebooks at the university that say a student cannot engage in religious volunteerism, and according to their rules, students may still receive credit for their community service choice, even if the university does not endorse it.

“If the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire wants to require its students to perform community service, it must treat all forms of community service as equally valuable,” says Travis Barham, attorney at the ADF. “The Constitution and federal court precedent prohibit it from targeting religious community service and denying students credit for it. That kind of animosity toward and discrimination against religion is unconstitutional.”

Not once, but twice:

It should be noted that the University of Wisconsin has a history of seeking to punish its Christian students for practicing their faith.

This includes the case of Lance Steiger who hosted bible study in his dorm room for those interested. Steiger was told he must desist or face “disciplinary action,” because it might make he and his fellow Christian students less “approachable.” The university also refused to recognize a Christian student group called InterVarsity, stating that the group violated their nondiscrimination policy.

Yeah, InterVarsity had a policy that its leaders, wonder upon wonders, actually believe in the Christian values and theology they espouse.  You know, like a Jewish group that really would have trepidations of having a Hamas soldier leading it? Seriously, “less approachable”?  If anyone knew anything about orthodox Christian theology, they’d be laughing at that.

But those college administrators probably don’t “get it”.

 

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