Was Liberty University right to disband its campus Democratic Party Club?

What a wonderful example of oxymoron when Liberty U denies liberty to its students. What a wonderful Christian example.

I honestly don't know how their legal department allowed them to make that decision. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen. This is the US of A, where there is freedom of speech, assembly, and of course religion. There are many Democrats who are Christians, and many Republicans who are not Christians. I think the question WWJD is valid here: he would not condone this move at all.

Even though I am a Democrat, who believes in God, freedom of speech, and abortion rights (of choice), I think LU is within it's right to ban any type of clubs that does not share the same views. I wouldn't expect the university to condone a Black Panther Club or a Nazi Club either.
We'll see how this works out with the rest of the community. In a nutshell, the university has a right to choose which clubs they will condone on campus.

A Black Panther Club or a Nazi Club? That's some wacky comparison, padre. You left out the free market. Anyway, there goes LU, pushing the boundary of reactionary law.

By accepting federal funding (either directly or via student loans) and maintaining a federal tax exemption, Liberty University is subsidized by all U.S. taxpayers. The acceptance of government funding and and a government tax exemption means there are limits on Liberty's ability to restrict free speech.

Shutting down the Democratic group was the school's explicit attempt to limit their free speech rights because of their views. Viewpoint-based speech limitations are illegal at schools which accept federal funds or exemptions, (except for some limitations on speech which deprives other students of their right to get an education without living in a climate of fear, such as racial hate speech).

This issue was fought out about twenty years ago by Georgetown University, a Catholic school which did not want to treat its women's rights organization and the association for bisexual, lesbian, and gay students equally in comparison to other school groups. But GU lost - the clubs get the same funding and university accommodations as all the other student groups, and are entitled to use Georgetown's name.

Liberty's lawyers are asleep at the switch on this one - or incompetent - or were never asked by the administrators who took the illegal action. What a waste of money and energy this is going to be.

On the other hand, Liberty is inadvertently educating students and the public on what their real agenda is: to deprive people of liberty (in this case, political and intellectual liberty) and to deprive people of education (by trying to banish knowledge they don't want their students to have). It's not going to work out for them quite as they'd hoped.

If this is what they want, they should admit they are a seminary, not a university.

I almost understand the reasons given by the school leadership for banning the democratic party club. As a conservative Christian who is very much pro-life, I disagree whole heartedly with the democratic parties position on abortion rights. This does NOT mean I think all (or even most) democrats are immoral and not Christians. By banning the club from campus or campus recognition, Liberty University is sending a message to the country that they consider democrats immoral, nonchristians. I don't think that was their intention, but it certainly is the message they are sending. We Christians often shoot ourselves in the foot by not really considering how what we say or do will be perceived by others. This is now a PR issue for the school and for the Christian church in general. The PR problem did not need to happen. The comment made about "Christians working within the democratic party" was excellent. Future debates between the republican and democratic groups on campus and how faith impacts our politics could be very edifying for the students and helpful in showing how the gospel can impact our society. I think the school should reinstate the club in the name of free speech at a university where ideas should be open for free discussion in a Christian atmosphere. Christians need to seek ways to stand for their convictions without appearing to be "holier than thou".