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September 27, 2011

Tennessean: Vanderbilt University nondiscrimination policy is called unfair to religious groups

by Michael Cass and Jennifer Brooks
The Tennessean

Vanderbilt University's review of student organizations' obedience to its nondiscrimination policy has some students, professors and outside advocates saying the university itself is the one doing the discriminating.

Vanderbilt has asked "a dozen or so" student groups, including five religious ones, to come into compliance with the policy, which says the Nashville school doesn't discriminate against individuals based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Those groups, which the university declined to identify, have been given provisional status for the time being but could ultimately lose access to Vanderbilt funding and facilities if they don't comply.

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