Religious groups on college campuses would be allowed to pick their members based on their group's closely-held religious beliefs under a proposal debated by the Missouri House Tuesday. Steven Anthony reports from Jefferson City.
Springfield Republican Elijah Haahr sponsored the bill, saying it would help protect a religious minority's viewpoint on a public university campus.
Kansas City Republican Kevin Corlew also lended his support, saying just letting anyone into a group would not be right.
"If the president of the college Democrats decided midyear to become a Republican, would we require the organization to keep the now-Republican student in the role of leading the Democrats?" Corlew said.
Democrats attacked the bill as a slippery slope toward discrimination, but the bill was given first-round approval by voice vote.