Sign the Petition, Support Liberty...Democrats, That Is

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UPDATE: Jon Henke writes, "Liberty University is quite embarrassing. And anti-liberty."

Aaron Klein replies:

I understand the reasoning behind it and don't deny the university's right to take this action. I just think it's stupid, because the university doesn't think it's ideas are strong enough to outlast 12 people in the Liberty University Democratic Club. What a joke.

I'm a community college trustee. We have student clubs all over the conservative-to-liberal spectrum. None of which have ever threatened the college's brand name or reputation, regardless of whether you agree with them or not.

I agree with Jon...the symbolism of this action decreases Liberty's reputation significantly.

Finally, Doug Mataconis responds:

....An institution that calls itself a University shouldn't be afraid of opposing points of view.... Read More

Also Liberty's action carries with it the implied assertion that Democrats can't be Christian. That goes against American values.

No argument here with any of those thoughts.

UPDATE #2: Fake Virginia has an excellent post on this subject.