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Last week, the Committee on College Life renewed College recognition for Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), despite the group’s requirement that leadership believe in the holy spirit and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The committee is in error for not demanding that the club remove this discriminatory policy from its constitution. All students should be free to participate in College activities without being discriminated against because of belief, and it is a shock and disappointment that the committee did not properly uphold Harvard’s anti-discrimination policy...
Discrimination must be prevented in all levels of a group’s organization, from rank-in-file to top-tier leadership. While HRCF does not discriminate when recruiting new members—its leaders recently inserted a new clause into the constitution that emphasizes this point—stressing that membership is open is little more than a token gesture. Full participation in a club must include the opportunity to take on roles of responsibility and control. It is absurd to imagine approval for a club that allows open membership but restricts leadership to members of a certain race...
Eliminating these discriminatory clauses from HRCF would not mandate a secularization of religious based organizations. There are many reasons why an individual may want to help lead HRCF—and a student interested in prayer, socializing and community service who does not believe in the resurrection could make a great leader. In a vie for these roles, students should be weighed on their ability to fulfill the group’s mission, and they should not be excluded for because of a reluctance to accept certain tenets...
...deepest concern, the handling of the committee’s decision—especially on such a crucial and precedent-setting issue—was also problematic. The committee was in error for holding a hasty and irregular vote over e-mail, after months of silence regarding HRCF...
...revised constitution will be ratified at the end of the year by consensus of HRCF members, Morton said...