Student Clubs and Rights

By Michael D. Peabody, Esq.

Published in Liberty Magazine – May / June 2002

The school’s policy seemed clear enough—student clubs receiving funds through Utah Valley State College’s student activity fee program had to be open to all students. No exceptions. For the Eagle Forum Collegians, a conservative student club formally opposed to “radical feminism” and the “homosexual agenda,” this posed a serious problem. After all, club members thought, if anybody could join their club, homosexuals and feminists would soon fill the ranks and erode the club’s message from the inside out.

On the other hand, why should homosexuals or feminists be required to fund a group that so actively opposed them on such a personal level?
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