UIowa officials can be held personally liable for discriminating against Christian group, court ruleshttps://www.thecollegefix.com/uiowa-officials-can-be-held-personally-liable-for-discriminating-against-christian-group-court-rules/In a big win for religious freedom on college campuses, an appeals court has ruled that University of Iowa officials can be held personally liable for targeting a Christian club on campus.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that administrators can be held responsible for engaging in unconstitutional conduct against the campus group Business Leaders in Christ, or BLinC.
“The law is clear: state organizations may not target religious groups for differential treatment or withhold an otherwise available benefit solely because they are religious,†the ruling states.
“That is what happened here. The individual defendants may pick their poison: they are either plainly incompetent or they knowingly violated the Constitution. Either way, they should not get qualified immunity.â€
Unless university decision makers are forced to pay,
personally, for their bigoted actions, their bigotry will continue.
