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Are colleges doing enough to protect new students from cults? When colleges warn students about groups considered to be cults, are the colleges engaged in a form of religious discrimination?
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"Colleges should definitely warn students about cults. Interestingly enough, that is part of what I plan on doing as a career..."
"All colleges/universities should educate their students on making healthy decisions and using their critical thinking skills..."
"Nice try by Rev. Moon and Scientology, but the State of Maryland,..."
"I applaud your efforts as I have not seen my daughter since she encountered a cult 5 years ago..."
"As a lay expert on controversial 'cults' (who has studied them for the past 25 years--since my brother became a Moonie; he still is one), I have studied..."
"As a student, I think it would be best to ask the students what they think would be best in this situation..."
"I consider it a moral responsibility for higher-education institutions to provide..."
"I'd like to re-affirm something I suggested earlier,..."
"Here's an update on the Maryland Task Force..."
"I believe that if a person wants to be a part of 'a religious cult'..."
"Barry Hardy offers an excerpt of a message I posted to AR-talk..."
"The task force dealing with cult recruitment on the college campus raises interesting questions for a free society..."
"For an example of the tactics that those who oppose religious movements that hold different beliefs than their own,..."
"I applaud the creation and purpose of the task force,..."
"Does anyone know whether the Maryland Task Force hearings were prompted by the practices of any specific religious group(s)?..."
"The Maryland Task Force hearings examining 'cults on campus' has been a battleground between those who believe religious freedom is a core human value,..."
"Legal religious groups have every right to promote to college students..."
"With the multitude of challenges facing all young people today,..."
"Private colleges can do things state colleges can't..."
"In response to the question, it is my belief that colleges should be allowed to distribute information on cults..."
"I was introduced to Buddhism in college and attended a meeting that could have been deemed cult-like..."
"A certain dishonesty is inherent in any discussion of 'cults.'..."
"Certain colleges are providing a certain amount of awareness..."
"I agree wholeheartedly with the position of the Coalition for Religious Freedom..."
"Curiosity! As an undergrad, I researched Rejoice in Jesus Fellowship in Virginia..."
"I thank Dan Fefferman for his straightforward answer to my criticism..."
"If cults are given legitimate status as a campus organization..."
"The bill in question (Task Force to Study the Effects of Cult Activities on Public Senior Higher Education Institutions)..."
"What is Maryland doing? With all the reports of this kind coming out of Germany and the CIS countries you would think that the legislator's would be a little bit more savvy..."
"At the end of 1980 I helped a young lady reassess her affiliation with a small, authoritarian church..."
"Firstly, it is not the business or the responsibility of anyone in government to snoop on, investigate and issue any kind of regulatory decisions regarding matters of religion,..."
"Regarding gay groups as problematic on campuses, (in response to David G. Whiteis)..."
"I find it unconscionable that a contributor to this forum has cited 'gay groups' as an example of campus organizations that are 'dangerous to parents'..."
"As the bastion of independent, critical thinking and free speech,..."
"FINALLY! A Crackdown on groups that offer new students a sense of belonging and friendship..."
"Actually, my response to Dan Carnevales's suggestion (from its chairman) that the Task Force is really 'studying all types of groups, not just religious ones, that have adverse effects on students and their families'..."
"University officials need to inform and educate students as to the purpose and mission of all student organizations that are available on campus..."
"I testified at a hearing of the Maryland task force on cult activity on campus. Here is what I offered as testimony:..."
"Cults offer a significant challenge to many of us..."
"Truth invites investigation; it has nothing to hide..."
"After 35 years as a student union/student activities administrator at 4 different institutions, I have been a full time cult awareness educator and consultant for 5 years..."
"What is the definition of a 'cult?' Who does the defining?..."
"It appears that the standard by which an organization is considered a 'cult' by the Maryland investigative panel is whether or not it has 'adverse effects on students and their families,'..."
"On my second day at the University of Illinois in 1971, as a beginning graduate student, I met representatives from an evangelical Christian group who invited me into a Bible study..."
"This cult, or new religion issue, has many important ramifications for student services..."
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