The University of the Free State has recently made an amendment to their (Latin) motto altering it from "In Deo Sapientiae Lux (In God is die lig van wysheid)" to In Veritate Sapientiae Lux (In waarheid is die lig van wysheid)".
Needless to say this slight change has been highly offensive to the apologetics in the Free State. They claim that this change in the motto abridges the Christian's right to religious freedom and denigrates the campus's demonstrable Christian majority.
The reason for the change however is to allow other cultures and creeds to feel more welcome at the University instead of creating questions as to preferred beliefs, according to the University spokesperson Mrs. Lacea Loader.
There are also numerous other faculty members and officials who supported this decision, yet most of the students feel that they have not had the adequate opportunity to voice their opinion on the matter.
Unfortunately this article is in Afrikaans.
Needless to say, all the comments are in line with the small minded comments after Woolworths decided to pull Christian books from their shelves.
Sad and scary...
Enjoy,
WB
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