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I
don't know if many people looked or took the time to visit the
people of John, but they scare me. I've been harassed by the
Campus Crusade for Christ, the AS candidates during the
elections, and some other group who have newspapers. I've always
been able to negotiate my way past them with ease, but these
John people are far worse. I don't know too much about them
since I wanted try run away, but I did get a website from them
which was www.csulb.net. O.K, let's look at that for a minute
...that's right it looks like our campus website! This group
also had t‑shirts that resemble the types worn by staff of
the bookstore and other shops on campus.
This seems almost illegal; a group should not be
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our
campus with such subtle changes, nor should they be allowed to
virtually steal the campus website. I don't care whether or not
their God could kick my God's ass or visa versa, but what does
make me mad is that by looking at them, I feel that our campus
is supporting this group more so than other groups. From what I
understand, clubs and organizations cannot be funded by the
school, since they are considered an after‑school club or
organization. Which means they must draw up funds of their own
to support their cause. If they did pay for their spot to
promote, make t‑shirts, and everything else then I'm fine
with that, as long as my tuition is not funding a religious
group. But what is really obscene is that they were tricking
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Overall,
I believe in the separation of church and state, since the
United States of America
is so diverse that religion should stay out of politics. But if
our school has adopted this particular group and is funding
them, then what does that say about other religious groups found
on campus. Is our campus now becoming a Christian campus? Will
our applications eventually have a box that reveals a person's
religion? Our campus is diverse and I like it that way, I'm not
big on religion since it causes conflict, but if our University
is ignoring other religious groups then there is a major problem
with the law of separation of Church and State. This cannot be
allowed, and that is why I feel that if this group wants to
promote their cause
let them, however the University must force them to change their
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so
that they do not appear to be directly linked with the school.
People
who are new to our campus will see this organization and think
of CSULB as a Christian college. On Thursday there was a
visiting group of middle schoolers or high schoolers who were
being harassed by these people. When these kids get home their
parents will ask them about our campus and they will most likely
state how they met these Christians who harassed them. Those
parents in turn will either complain to the school directly or
send negative vibes through the community, about how our campus
has become a Christian campus. I'm not saying we're all going to
hell in a‑hand basket yet, but if such groups don't
respect others or the University, this will turn into a weird
holy war on campus.
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