Religious Ethos and Open Membership at Sydney University
Posted on March 17, 2016
Filed under Opinion
“A report in the student newspaper from the University of Sydney (Honi Soit, March 13, 2016) records that
‘The University of Sydney Union (USU) has threatened to deregister the Sydney University Evangelical Union (EU) from the Clubs & Societies program over the latter’s requirement that all members must make a declaration of faith in Jesus Christ.’
In other words, a student religious group is being told that they may no longer be registered to use University facilities or receive the financial support other groups receive, because they make it a requirement of membership that someone support that religion. This is a very disturbing development for religious freedom at the University of Sydney, and especially if it presages similar developments around Australia. What is going on here? And is this move lawful, or not?…”
– Neil Foster at Law and Religion Australia takes a look.
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