InterVarsity group gains legal victory against University of Iowa

InterVarsity group gains legal victory against University of Iowa

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA has gained a legal victory in its effort to remain an official student organization at the University of Iowa.

Federal Judge Stephanie Rose ruled Sept. 27 the university violated the evangelical campus ministry’s speech, association and free exercise of religion rights by barring InterVarsity for requiring its leaders to be Christians. InterVarsity’s membership is open to all who would like to participate but  requires its leaders to agree to its statement of Christian faith.

The university derecognized 38 other student groups — including other Christian ministries, the Sikh Awareness Club, the Imam Mahdi Organization and the Latter-day Saint Student Association — at about the same time. (BP)