Central campus scene at the University of Idaho. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) BOISE, Idaho - A group of Christian students is suing the University of Idaho after claiming they were censored for expressing their religious beliefs on gay marriage.Peter Perlot, Mark Miller and Ryan Alexander filed the suit in the U.S.
District Court for the district of Idaho Southern Division against the university’s president C. Scott Green, the Dean of Students Brian Eckles, and other administrators.According to court documents, Perlot and Miller attended a "moment of community" on April 1 to denounce an anti-LGBTQ slur that was found on the university’s Moscow campus.The members are also part of the Christian Legal Society chapter at the college’s School of Law.
Other members of the group attended the event; however, Alexander was unable to attend because of an illness.RELATED: Judge: Former Kentucky clerk violated same-sex couples' rightsWhile the students attended the event, another student asked the group why CLS required its officers to affirm that marriage is between a man and a woman.The students claimed their beliefs were rooted in the Bible and offered to discuss the matter further at a later time.However, word got out and the CLS was publicly denounced by non-members for its views on marriage on April 4 at a panel meeting with the American Bar Association.
The CLS students denied allegations that they told students they were going to hell for believing in gay marriage, and one CLS member said "the biggest discrimination he had seen on campus was the discrimination against CLS and its religious beliefs, and that he was concerned about the state of religious freedom on campus."The CLS.