Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Sen. Dan Soucek Files a Bill

We'd dearly like to know what's behind S719, filed by Senator Dan Soucek in the North Carolina General Assembly yesterday, or even an explanation of what it means.

Here it is in its entirety:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AT CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS MAY DETERMINE THE ORGANIZATION'S CORE FUNCTIONS AND RESOLVE ANY DISPUTES OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 
SECTION 1. Part 3 of Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 116-40.12. Student organizations; rights and recognition.
(a) To the extent allowed by State and federal law, a student organization may determine that ordering the organization's internal affairs, selecting the organization's leaders, defining the organization's doctrines, and resolving the organization's disputes are in furtherance of the organization's mission and that only persons committed to that mission should conduct such activities.
(b) No constituent institution that has granted recognition of and access to any student organization or group shall discriminate against any such student organization or group that exercises its rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this section."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
Sounds like some "special pleading" for some "special interest."

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like it's a response to that situation with the gay kid in that Christian a cappella group at UNC.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2011/08/4e5c6c 791822c

Anonymous said...

Response to that situation with the gay kid in that Christian a cappella group at UNC.


http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2011/08/4e5c6c 791822c

Anonymous said...

Let me explain in short words, Williamson. It means that a student organization can run itself the way it wants to as long as it does not break any laws. School policy cannot overrule it.

It means that the organization does not have to be politically correct as per the desires of the school.

This would be a form of free speech.

J.W. Williamson said...

Oh. It's an anti-gay bill. I appreciate the explanation.

Anonymous said...

Basically this would allow for groups that receive student fees to discriminate on who can be in their clubs.

Anonymous said...

As I read the bill, it also appears that, for example, a neo-Nazi group spewing violent racist hatred could not in any way be disciplined for following its "core mission".

I think the Law of Unintended Consequences will follow this ill-considered bill.

And who says a Christian can't be Gay....and vice-versa?

Anonymous said...

Christians do. Are you living in a cave with a wireless router?

Anonymous said...

More depressing than the bill itself is that it will get no coverage from the local press, and if it does, it will rally all the homophobic voters in this gerrymandered district to put this bozo back in, rather than hurting Soucek. Prediction: Soucek will eventually represent us in Congress. He's divisive enough, dumb enough and had enough support from big money, i.e.,Franklin Graham and his Legions.

Anonymous said...

As I read the bill, it also appears that, for example, a neo-Nazi group spewing violent racist hatred could not in any way be disciplined for following its "core mission".

Do you think they should be? What if someone decides what you believe is not acceptable and should be "disciplined"?

Dem12 said...

You're actually defending "violent racist hatred" ? Wow.