Suit was filed this week in a Texas federal district court by a Christian student organization at the University of Houston challenging the University's non-discrimination policy that led to a denial of recognition of the group as a Registered Student Organization. The complaint (full text) in Ratio Christi at the University of Houston- Clear Lake v. Khator, (SD TX, filed 10/25/2021), contends that the University violated the 1st and 14th Amendments by:
a. Denying Ratio Christi registered status because it requires that its officers, who have religious responsibilities, share the organization’s religious beliefs and support its purposes;
b. Conditioning a student organization’s access to campus resources and student services fee funding on a system where UHCL officials have unbridled discretion... [and [c]] must consider multiple content- and viewpoint-based factors; and
d. Compelling Plaintiffs to pay student service fees into a system that is viewpoint discriminatory.
ADF issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
UPDATE: ADF announced on Oct. 29 that the University has now recognized Ratio Christi as a Registered Student Organization.
