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The New York Times gave front page treatment to ���� and the campus culture in the June 10, 2014 article, . The story gives what we view as an accurate and balanced report on how nondiscrimination policies unfairly and illogically discriminate against our chapters when they require that we avoid using Christian qualities to select our chapter leaders.

Most of the reaction from other media—including an editorial by the Denver Post and commentary from several self-identified atheists—was critical of the positions taken by college administrators:

• - Denver Post editorial; June 10, 2014
• - Seth Mandel, Commentary; June 10, 2014
• - Rod Dreher, The American Conservative; June 10, 2014
• - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones; June 10, 2014
• - ARISE TV network; June 10, 2014
• - Dan Reidel, Chico Enterprise Record; June 11, 2014
• - AirTalk, KPCC; June 11, 2014
• - David French, National Review Online; June 11, 2014
• - Molly Wharton, National Review Online; June 11, 2014
• - Michael Brendan Dougherty, The Week; June 12, 2014
• - Gregory Pine O.P., First Things; June 12, 2014
• - Owen Strachan, Patheos; June 12, 2014
• - John Turner, Patheos; June 12, 2014
• - Jay Parini, CNN Opinion; June 13, 2014
• - Leonardo Blair, Christian Post; June 13, 2014
• - Monica Perez, Washington Examiner; June 17, 2014
• - George Yancey, Patheos Blogs; June 18, 2014
• - John Leo, Minding the Campus; June 18, 2014
• - Eric Metaxas, Breakpoint; June 19, 2014
• - Nate Kellum, Christian Post; June 19, 2014
• - Aaron Bandler, The College Fix; June 25, 2014
• - Joshua Block, Jurist; June 25, 2014
• - M.D. Harmon, Portland Press Herald; June 26, 2014
• - Dave Bohon, The New American; June 26, 2014
• - Rob Gregory, First Things; June 26, 2014
• - July 5, 2014

The New York Times article comes in the midst of a growing concern about the climate for religious viewpoints and intellectual diversity on college campuses. ���� President Alec Hill took note of that climate in his June column,

Dr. James Wellman, a professor of American Religion at the University of Washington, has which concludes: “Shouldn’t a university in this day and age be a place where all religious views can be expressed? A domain where these freedoms should be fiercely protected? I think so. But the truth is that they are not and it is one of the last acceptable prejudices on many US college campuses.”

���� supports the value of nondiscrimination policies. But we believe they should be applied logically, in a way which values the contribution that religious groups offer to the campus culture by remaining faithful to their inherent values.