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Honestly, the Christian group should lose this one
Court to hear arguments on campus Christian group
See, here's the thing. Refusing to acknowledge the CLS as a "recognized campus group" is not taking away their freedom of religion or freedom of association. All it's doing is saying "you can't get funding from the university or any of the other benefits of being a recognized campus group". They're still free to practice their faith, still free to associate with like-minded individuals, and so on.
They're just not going to get university funding, or other benefits (as someone who has been an officer in a couple of campus organizations, albeit not at that campus, those benefits are probably things like being able to reserve rooms/space on campus, hold fundraisers on campus grounds, reserve block seating at university sports events, and so on).
So, yeah, SCOTUS should come down and say "Nope, the non-discriminatory practices are what is 'more right' in this case." Of course, considering the current make-up of the court, that all depends on where Anthony Kennedy falls on this issue, as he's usually the swing vote. But we'll have to see. (Pretty much certain that Alito and Scalia will rule in favor of the religious group, though.)
See, here's the thing. Refusing to acknowledge the CLS as a "recognized campus group" is not taking away their freedom of religion or freedom of association. All it's doing is saying "you can't get funding from the university or any of the other benefits of being a recognized campus group". They're still free to practice their faith, still free to associate with like-minded individuals, and so on.
They're just not going to get university funding, or other benefits (as someone who has been an officer in a couple of campus organizations, albeit not at that campus, those benefits are probably things like being able to reserve rooms/space on campus, hold fundraisers on campus grounds, reserve block seating at university sports events, and so on).
So, yeah, SCOTUS should come down and say "Nope, the non-discriminatory practices are what is 'more right' in this case." Of course, considering the current make-up of the court, that all depends on where Anthony Kennedy falls on this issue, as he's usually the swing vote. But we'll have to see. (Pretty much certain that Alito and Scalia will rule in favor of the religious group, though.)