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Last April, many members of the Tufts campus were outraged after the university ruled that its non-discrimination policy allowed the Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF) to deny Julie Catalano a leadership position based upon her belief that bisexuality is not immoral. Last week, however, those students were vindicated. After a 36-hour takeover of Bendetson Hall, Tufts University President John DiBiaggio acquiesced to the demands of student protesters, issuing a letter confirming that Tufts non-discrimination policy protected students from discrimination based upon belief. We applaud both the persistence of the protesters and the sagacious--though long overdue--administrative statement...
...April, Tufts junior Julie Catalano filed a charge of discrimination against the TCF in Tufts' student court. Catalano, who is bisexual, had applied for a leadership position in the TCF but was denied. The TCF countered that Catalano's rejection was only based on her belief that homosexuality is not unacceptable, not on her sexual identity itself...
...Catalano alleged that she was not allowed to become a senior leader of the group because of her sexual orientation, a claim that TCF refuted. The group said the decision to keep her from a leadership position was based on her beliefs about homosexuality, not her sexual orientation...
Event organizers said the specific details of Catalano's claim were not central to yesterday's rally. Rather, they said their focus was on the ambiguity of Tufts' current policy...
...ruling on the Catalano case, the TCUJ said the university's current policy allows for people to be discriminated against based on their beliefs. The group called on administrators to clarify whether the policy is intended to allow for such discrimination...