Using Jesus Christ to Justify Hate

[Tony_Illinois]

These people really do make me sick.

Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies
Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal, conservatives argue.

By Stephanie Simon
L.A. Times Staff Writer

April 10, 2006

ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.

Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.

Malhotra sees that as an unacceptable infringement on her right to religious expression. So she's demanding that Georgia Tech revoke its tolerance policy.

With her lawsuit, the 22-year-old student joins a growing campaign to force public schools, state colleges and private workplaces to eliminate policies protecting gays and lesbians from harassment. The religious right aims to overturn a broad range of common tolerance programs: diversity training that promotes acceptance of gays and lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words against homosexuality, anti-discrimination policies that require college clubs to open their membership to all.

The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical, frames the movement as the civil rights struggle of the 21st century. "Christians," he said, "are going to have to take a stand for the right to be Christian."

In that spirit, the Christian Legal Society, an association of judges and lawyers, has formed a national group to challenge tolerance policies in federal court. Several nonprofit law firms — backed by major ministries such as Focus on the Family and Campus Crusade for Christ —already take on such cases for free.


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-christians10apr10,0,1243330,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines


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[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Also found in General Discussion

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=895667&mesg_id=895667

And to underscore the irony of Ms. Malhotra being at the forefront of this suit: she is non-white, and many racist groups who use religion to justify their hate are salivating at the thought of what they will be able to do to her if her suit is validated by the courts.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=895667&mesg_id=895843

[ms liberty]

2. excellent article; but please check the 4 paragraph rule! n/t

[ixion]

3. uh-huh... and my faith obliges me to point out evangelical idiots

when I see them.

Oh, look, there's one now.

[Warpy]

4. This snotty little Calivinist is a real piece of work

and seems to be determined to follow into the path laid out by that other paragon of litigious righteousness, Fred Phelps.

The best thing the university could do would be to expel her for constant violation of campus rules governing civil discourse, i.e. tolerance. She's already suing, what could they lose?

Anyone who finds it impossible to live within civil society, to display basic manners when dealing with strangers, needs to be withdrawn from it and sent to more amenable surroundings.

Liberty U and Bob Jones U would love to have this snippy little piece of excess baggage.