Legal Opinion
Gay Student Services, J.M. Minton, Keith Stewart and Patricia Wooldridge v. Texas a & M University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1984No. 82-2366PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Today we address the issue whether a state supported university violates the First Amendment rights of this gay student organization and three of its members by refusing to afford it official recognition. The District Court found that the University’s refusal to recognize the group was not based on the content of the group’s ideas about homosexuality. Instead, the trial court found that the group had been denied recognition due to the University’s long standing policy of refusing to recognize fraternal organizations whose principal purpose is to hold social…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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