July 8, 2005

N.J. Court Rejects Gay Student's Bias Suit Against Seton Hall

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

A New Jersey appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit in which a gay student accused Seton Hall University of violating the state's antidiscrimination law by refusing to formally recognize a gay-awareness and support group he had founded.

In a unanimous decision last month, a three-judge panel concluded that the Roman Catholic institution was exempt from the state's Law Against Discrimination by virtue of the university's religious affiliation, even though it has its own

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