Eight Members of the South Carolina Congressional delegation sent an open letter to the 64 colleges and universities in the state, standing up for the First Amendment religious freedoms of students and student groups on campus. The letter specifically mentioned recent action by the California State University system which discriminated against Christian students by banning the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship group from that system’s 18 campuses. The letter urges SC college presidents to allow religious organizations to remain as fully recognized campus organizations and to make that freedom clear within university administrative policy.
Congressman Jeff Duncan of Laurens County, who organized the letter, said “I believe that Americans must stand up for the freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights,” and added “Every student deserves to be able to worship and pursue God freely, as he or she chooses, without administrative interference in the name of political correctness.”