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Pray for the U.S. Supreme Court justices to render a wise decision that does not limit campus ministry as they deliberate the case of the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, which will be heard today (4/19).  InterVarsity has an extensive article on the case and how it potentially impacts our ministry at Campus Ministry Threatened.

The Supreme Court’s ruling regarding Christian Legal Society v. Martinez will clarify conflicting decisions between two federal circuit courts about whether the U.S. Constitution “allows a state law school to deny recognition to a religious student organization because the group requires its officers and voting members to agree with its core religious viewpoints.” The American Bar Association website indicates that nearly 100 parties have filed briefs in support of the CLS position, including 14 state attorneys general. InterVarsity joined a brief with 15 other individuals and organizations which have, as the brief states, “encountered resistance, at various public school campuses, to organizational recognition or equal benefits based upon their supposed violation, by insistence upon religious standards, of official non-discrimination policies.” -- Campus Ministry Threatened (InterVarsity News, 4/13/2010).

Note:  NPR's coverage posted at Supreme Court To Hear All-Comers Policy Case (4/19/2010) and Court To Hear Arguments On Campus Christian Group (Associated Press, 4/19/2010).