The University of Idaho has agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by three Christian students given “no contact orders” after expressing their religious beliefs in opposition to same-sex marriage.
As part of the settlement, university officials rescinded the orders against three members of the Christian Legal Society chapter at the university — Peter Perlot, Mark Miller and Ryan Alexander — and CLS’s faculty advisor Prof. Richard Seamon.
The settlement was announced by the nonprofit legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented the students.
The lawsuit was filed in late April after the students were given “no-contact orders” from the university’s Office of Civil Rights & Investigations.
According to the lawsuit, the students attended an LGBT event on campus with the intention of representing a biblical perspective on marriage and sexual ethics. When a student asked them about their views, they offered their perspectives and gave the unnamed student a note expressing an interest in continuing the dialogue.
Instead of the conversation continuing, the three students were ordered not to have any further communication with the student that they had dialogued with.
University pays $90K for censoring students’ views on marriage | U.S. News
University pays $90K for censoring students’ views on marriage | U.S. News
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