CLS, the Klan, and Discrimination

I appreciate Rob's thoughts on my own post, concerning the dispute between Arizona State University and the Christian Legal Society.  I continue to believe, though, that the ASU editorial writer is way "off-base." 

Rob asks, "would we be comfortable with the KKK operating at ASU, being funded by tuition dollars, and being permitted to exclude racial and religious minorities from its ranks?"  No, we wouldn't.  But in my view, the "discrimination" practiced by the CLS -- i.e., "if you want to join the Christian Legal Society, profess your Christianity" -- is simply not the same thing as Kluxer-style racism.  And, frankly, it is a sad version of liberalism that asks us to pretend that it is. 

ASU would, presumably, justify its "how about we fund student organizations!" enterprise as an effort to stimulate and express the wondrous diversity of the University community.  As I see it, to simultaneously insist that student organizations construct themselves according to the tedious "no line-drawing, not ever" norms is to, well, indicate a lack of understanding of that enterprise.

Rick