TO THE EDITOR:
As a UNC student with strong personal ties to Psalm 100, I stand alongside the group and support its decision.
I know Will Thomason personally — I value his friendship and consider him a joy to be around.
At the same time, Psalm 100 had the right to uphold their beliefs and student government should protect the group’s ability to adhere to and advocate for those beliefs.
If UNC students truly want a diverse and vibrant student culture, students and student government should refrain from censoring particular, non-violent beliefs that may be deemed “intolerant” by some standards but not by others.
Student government should be careful that their “anti-discrimination policy” does not reveal itself to be a “forced-acceptance policy” that violates students’ freedom of conscience.
After all, just as some may call Psalm 100’s decision intolerant, it would also be intolerant to Psalm 100’s beliefs to revoke student group status based on their belief that homosexuality is wrong.
Otherwise, the anti-discrimination policy only protects the views that student government is willing to tolerate.
Andrew Brown
UNC Law Student
