Court case against Cambridge College - philosophical and religious belief

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PinkDodgems · 15/09/2022 21:28

Fitzwilliam College refused to allow a Christian group to hold its conference there because, in the words of its lawyer:
"college staff had conducted internet research about Christian Concern, which “gave rise to concerns about the reaction of the college’s students if the booking was accepted”, he said, adding that the claimant’s booking was rejected on the grounds that it is “not compatible with the values of the college”.
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/christian-group-blocked-from-holding-conference-at-cambridge-college/ar-AA11SrcJ?ocid

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FemaleAndLearning · 16/09/2022 06:50

So some students who won't be there on the day don't want the university to take a paid for conference booking in case they get hurt feelings and the university went along with this?
I really don't understand this idea that if you are not in agreement with other people's views you can't accept them. Where is the critical thinking and why do the universities cower all the time. Who wants to send their children to a university that doesn't stand up to bullys.
The list is growing:
Cambridge
Loughborough
Sussex and many more...shall we make a proper list?

MangyInseam · 16/09/2022 02:15

Are they planning on refusing any bookings from the Catholic Church next? Or more orthodox Jewish or Muslim groups?

I sometimes wonder if people who think this way ever consider what the long term outcomes might be of making so many people and groups feel that they are simply alienated from the culture at large. Because typically when groups find themselves in that position it does come to have social consequences over time.

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PinkDodgems · 15/09/2022 22:06

The conference wouldn't have been when the students are in college. Cambridge colleges boot the students out for 6 months of the year and make money out of conference groups.

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OverTheRubicon · 15/09/2022 22:00

They have every right to be homophobic, anti-Islam, and pro-abstinence sex ed (or should that be anti-women? Anti-science?). They even have the right to be close with Nigel Farage.

However it's not very surprising that a college full of young people might not want to offer them space in which to be all those things.

Hoardasurass · 15/09/2022 22:00

When will the grown ups tell these idiot students to grow up and get over themselves

Flatmountains · 15/09/2022 21:54

Interesting. The amount of nutty religious groups they have in situ in Cambridge Uni. What have this lot done wrong?

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