tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post116799707346114680..comments2024-02-04T09:15:50.839+00:00Comments on Mars Hill: Taking OffencePaul Burginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-1168020478341048382007-01-05T18:07:00.000+00:002007-01-05T18:07:00.000+00:00Well I have heard their rep, hence why I was cauti...Well I have heard their rep, hence why I was cautious when I mentioned their membership requirements, if I were a student there I doubt I would join them<BR/><BR/>"The Conservative society I was in at Kent had several non-party members and even some members of other parties (though as time went on they joined up)."<BR/><BR/>Tim, don't give me nightmares ;)Paul Burginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-1168002077766893402007-01-05T13:01:00.000+00:002007-01-05T13:01:00.000+00:00What's not received much coverage in all this is t...What's not received much coverage in all this is that at Exeter the main source of complaints against the Christian Union come from <I>Christians</I>.<BR/><BR/>From what I can see, and the various statements support this, there is nothing stopping the Exeter CU from existing as a society that isn't affiliated to its students' union and able to set what membership requirements and officer selection processes they like. Equally they could affiliate to the students' union if they were willing to accept the same rules as any other society (including many other religious societies, many of them Christian). But the CU wants to have its cake and eat it - demanding resources that are supposed to be fairly distributed to all (and also there's the question of the name).<BR/><BR/>Incidentally most political societies at universities do not have stringent requirements for membership. The Conservative society I was in at Kent had several non-party members and even some members of other parties (though as time went on they joined up).Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.com