The Christian Legal Society and Alliance Defense Fund filed suit in federal court today against University of Florida officials on behalf of a Christian fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi (BYX). University officials refuse to recognize BYX as a registered student group because the group limits its membership to Christian men.
“Christian student groups cannot be singled out for discrimination. The right to associate with people of like mind and interest applies to all student groups on a public university campus,” Timothy J. Tracey, litigation counsel for CLS’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom, said in a statement.
BYX, or “Brothers Under Christ,” is a fraternity that seeks to teach male college students what it means to be Christian men. The university claims that the group’s requirement that members be Christian men is “discrimination.”
Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said: "The national pattern of intentional discrimination against Christian groups by state universities is a First Amendment disgrace."
