Gay Rights Coalition of Georgetown University Law Center v. Georgetown University

This appeal requires the court to evaluate the constitutional rights of Georgetown University to free speech and the free exercise of religion and the statutory right of certain Georgetown students and their organizations to be free from discrimination based on homosexual orientation. On the basis of the analysis I set forth below, I conclude that, to the extent those rights conflict in the context before us, Georgetown’s constitutional rights are paramount. This conclusion results from a balancing of the rights secured by the Constitution against those rights created by the District of…