Two Christian student organizations are suing Virginia State University, alleging that the public university stripped Christian organizations of ordinary registered-student-group status and placed them under the control of the university’s Campus Ministries office.
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According to the complaint, Christian organizations must obtain approval for meetings and prayer gatherings, use university-approved oversight and have lost access to benefits available to other registered student organizations. The plaintiffs also allege Muslim and other non-Christian groups are exempt from the policy. These are allegations in pending litigation, not yet judicial findings.

So What?

If the allegations are accurate, the problem isn’t complicated. A public university can establish neutral rules for every student organization.

It can’t say: Muslim students can organize themselves, and secular students can organize themselves, but Christian students need government-approved supervision before they pray.

The First Amendment isn’t supposed to protect Christianity more than other beliefs, or less than other beliefs. It protects Christianity equally.

And that’s the principle worth defending.