Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging

truth, the Colston Center, I'm John Stone Street.

In February, the U.S. Department of Education announced its intent to rescind the free inquiry

rule which was established in 2020 by then-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

According to the rule, universities that receive federal funding cannot deny any right, any

benefit, any privilege to student organizations simply because they're religious in nature.

It's a common central design to fix an increasingly common problem of campus authorities unjustly

pressuring and discriminating against religious student groups.

For example, during the 2014 and 2015 academic year, the California State University system

withdrew recognition from University Christian Fellowship.

Why? Well, because it required its leaders to hold Christian beliefs.

In fact, according to a Christian legal society fact sheet, similar incidents also occurred

at the University of Arizona, Northern Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Boise State University,

the University of Illinois, Indiana University, the University of Michigan, and others.

One religious organization that has multiple chapters was forced to seek legal counsel regarding

their presence on 16 different public colleges and universities in just the last four years.

And in 2021, a Racheo Christi chapter at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was denied

funding to invite a Christian philosopher for a lecture, unless it included, quote,

another spokesperson with a different ideological perspective, end quote.

In a lawsuit that was filed by the Alliance of Ending Freedom, Racheo Christi argued that the

university had failed to follow that policy with other groups, and instead had spent hundreds of

thousands of dollars in student fees every year to pay for speakers on topics like sexual orientation,

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