The Alliance Defense Fund has sued the University of Montana School of Law for failing to recognize a Christian Legal Society (CLS) student chapter because of its beliefs.
The law school’s student governing body has excluded CLS from receiving student activities funds, which are available to other student organizations.
“The First Amendment shouldn’t be applied differently based on a person’s beliefs,” said M. Casey Mattox, litigation counsel for CLS’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom. “Of all places, a law school should understand that the Constitution forbids penalizing a student group because of its religious views. A student group cannot be forced to compromise its beliefs in order to maintain a presence on campus.”
