Freedom of Speech

According to a letter from the acting director of the Office of Religious Life, Bible studies are suspect because they “would seem to indicate that officers are expected to hold certain beliefs.’’ The letter goes on to explain: “Vanderbilt policies do not allow this expectation/qualification for officers.’

Religious In

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/22/texas-school-punishes-boy-for-oppo… “Dakota was in a German class at the high school when the conversation shifted to religion and homosexuality in Germany. At some point during the conversation, he turned to a friend and said that he was a Christian and ‘being a homosexual is wrong.’” 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/14/court-california-teacher-must-remo… ]”“…the Constitution… does not permit him to speak as freely at work in his role as teacher about his views on God, our nation’s history, or God’s role in our nation’s history as he might on a sidewalk, in a park, at his dinner table, or in countless other locations,” wrote Judge Richard Tallman.” 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/16/church-to-fight-washington-state-d… ]”An Olympia church is considering its legal options after the state of Washington denied its request to hold a baptism ceremony at a park on the grounds of the Capitol.”