弗吉尼亚州立大学（VSU）正面临两个基督教学生组织提起的联邦诉讼，这两个组织称学校剥夺了它们的官方校园地位，并将其置于一名大学任命的牧师的直接管辖之下。
Virginia State University (VSU) is facing a federal lawsuit from two Christian student organizations that say the school stripped them of their official campus status and placed them under the direct authority of a university-appointed minister.
“高等教育确实已经背离了其长期以来促进智力多样性、追求真理的愿望，转而本质上告诉学生：任何分歧、某些言论即暴力，以及在重要话题上听到不同意见实际上不受鼓励，甚至受到打压，”捍卫自由联盟（ADF）高级法律顾问泰森·兰霍弗对福克斯新闻数字版表示。
"Higher education has really broke from its long-standing desire to promote intellectual diversity and to actually seek truth, and, instead, they are essentially telling students that any disagreement, that certain speech is violence and that hearing difference of opinions on important topics is actually not encouraged. It's actually discouraged," Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer told Fox News Digital.
“我认为高等教育在其主要职责上确实失败了，即教育下一代……如何在一个拥有不同意见的人共同生活的多元社会中生存。” 30%的大学生认为暴力是阻止校园演讲者的可接受方式，调查发现 捍卫自由联盟的律师代表“得胜女性”和“伯特校回团契”的校园分会提起了诉讼。该诉讼挑战弗吉尼亚州立大学更新的《校园事工政策》，原告认为该政策违反第一修正案，强迫基督教学生团体接受大学控制，同时却豁免非基督教宗教团体。
"I think that higher education is really failing in its primary role, which is to educate the next generation … how to deal with living in a pluralistic society with people who have different opinions." 30% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY VIOLENCE ACCEPTABLE WAY TO STOP SPEAKERS ON CAMPUSES, SURVEY FINDS Attorneys with ADF filed the lawsuit on behalf of campus chapters for Women of Victory and Bethel Campus Fellowship. The lawsuit challenges VSU’s updated Campus Ministries Policy, which plaintiffs argue violates the First Amendment by forcing Christian student groups under university control while granting exemptions to non-Christian religious groups.
根据该政策，所有基督教学生主导的事工必须在弗吉尼亚州立大学校园牧师托马斯·温恩以及由教职员工和大学人员组成的顾问委员会的“治理和影响力”下运作。此外，该规定禁止学生事工与其全国性的母体组织建立隶属关系。
According to the policy, all Christian student-led ministries must operate under the "governance and influence" of VSU Campus Minister Thomas Wynn and an advisory board made up of faculty and university personnel. Additionally, the rule bans student ministries from affiliating with their national parent organizations.
兰霍弗对福克斯新闻数字版表示，该政策因基督教学生的宗教信仰而对其进行违宪惩罚。
Langhofer told Fox News Digital the policy unconstitutionally penalizes Christian students for their religious beliefs.
兰霍弗表示：“这传递的信息是，第一修正案言出必行：不能给予世俗团体比宗教团体更优待遇；无论出于何种动机，也不能让某一宗教团体受到比另一宗教团体更差的待遇。
"The message that it would send is that the First Amendment means what it says: that you can't treat secular groups better than religious groups," Langhofer said. "You can't treat one religious group worse than another religious group, regardless of your motives.
“无论你的动机是团结还是其他类似理由，都不能允许校园内只有一位单一的校园牧师控制所有基督教团体，却排斥穆斯林团体，并让前者享受所有福利。” 共和党议员敦促最高法院加强对街头传教士的第一修正案保护 根据法律文件，非基督教和穆斯林学生组织仍豁免于该强制令之外。
"It doesn't matter whether your motives are unity or things like that. You can't have one single campus pastor on campus that is able to control all Christian groups and then exclude the Muslim group and allow them to receive all of the benefits." GOP LAWMAKERS URGE SUPREME COURT TO STRENGTHEN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS FOR STREET PREACHERS Non-Christian and Muslim student organizations remain exempt from the mandate, according to the legal filing.
诉状指控，该政策针对“得胜女性”和“伯特利校园团契”两个学生组织，它们均是全国性组织的地方分会，为校内外学生举办圣经学习、领导力培训和灵性发展活动。
The lawsuit alleged that the policy targets Women of Victory and Bethel Campus Fellowship, both local chapters of national organizations that host Bible studies, leadership training and spiritual development events for students on and off campus.
尽管这两个团体仍列在弗吉尼亚州立大学官方网站上，但ADF代表指出，在线名录并未反映它们目前在校园内的实际运营状态。这些学生组织正寻求法院命令，恢复其作为正式认可学生组织（RSO）的地位。
Although both groups remain listed on VSU’s official website, ADF representatives noted that the online directory does not reflect their current operational status on campus. The student organizations are seeking a court order restoring their status as fully recognizeded student organizations (RSOs).
兰霍弗指出，校园牧师与这些学生组织之间存在“神学分歧”，这是大学强制令造成的核心问题。
Langhofer pointed to "theological differences" between the campus pastor and the student organizations as a core issue created by the university's mandate.
关于该政策的起因，兰霍弗说：“我不知道这是否是其后果。但归根结底，这是大学试图控制这些团体的活动，而不是允许它们继续以长期以来的方式运作。” 佛蒙特州支付56.6万美元赔偿金及法律费用，因其多年禁止基督教学校参加所有体育比赛 他强调，数十年的法律判例禁止公立大学基于宗教观点针对特定团体。"
"I don't know whether that's the fruit of this or not," Langhofer said regarding the policy's origins. "What it ultimately comes down to is an attempt to control what these groups are doing by the university, rather than allowing these groups to continue to operate in the same fashion as they've operated for a long time." VERMONT PAYS $566K IN DAMAGES, LEGAL FEES TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IT BANNED FROM ALL SPORTS COMPETITIONS FOR YEARS He emphasized that decades of legal precedent prohibit public universities from targeting groups based on religious viewpoints.
最高法院很久以来就裁定，校园内所有学生团体必须受到平等对待，不能仅因其信仰就将某些团体单独挑出来区别对待，" 兰霍弗对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。弗吉尼亚州立大学未立即回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
"The Supreme Court has held for a very long time that all student groups on campus must be treated equally, and you can't single some out simply because of what they believe," Langhofer told Fox News Digital. Virginia State University did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.