This week Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury filed a witness statement on behalf of the Christian students at Exeter University, giving them a major boost in their High Court Human Rights case against the university, and its student guild.
The situation came to a head at the start of this year when the executive committee of the Exeter University Evangelical Christian Union issued proceedings in the High Court seeking a judicial review of the decision by the Guild of Students to suspend the Christian Union.With the backing of a wide range of Christians, including the Evangelical Alliance, and the present Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, as well as the former Church of England head, Lord Carey, Exeter Christian Union has stated its belief that its ban by the guild violates its right of association of a religious body.
The situation which has arisen is of course regrettable, yet events have bordered on the absurd since October when the Christian Union in Exeter was forced to change its name.
