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" (CN) - The 7th Circuit ruled that a Roman Catholic group at the University of Wisconsin at Madison can receive funding for religious activities.
The University declined to reimburse Badger Catholic, an approved student group, for six activities that the university decided were purely religious in nature. The money comes from an activity fee fund set aside for student groups.
According to Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, the university “is willing to use student activity fees for what it calls dialog, discussion, or debate from a religious perspective, but not for anything that it labels worship, proselytizing, or religious instruction.”
The university said on appeal that funding of a religious activity is a form of government speech in violation of the Establishment Clause. But Easterbrook said that logic doesn’t apply because the speech in question is that of students rather than that of the school."
courthousenews.com/2010/09/02/30084.htm
The University declined to reimburse Badger Catholic, an approved student group, for six activities that the university decided were purely religious in nature. The money comes from an activity fee fund set aside for student groups.
According to Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook, the university “is willing to use student activity fees for what it calls dialog, discussion, or debate from a religious perspective, but not for anything that it labels worship, proselytizing, or religious instruction.”
The university said on appeal that funding of a religious activity is a form of government speech in violation of the Establishment Clause. But Easterbrook said that logic doesn’t apply because the speech in question is that of students rather than that of the school."
courthousenews.com/2010/09/02/30084.htm
