Mike Adams reports that UNC-Wilmington administrators think they have too many christians. So many people have turned to religion after September 11th, that UNCW school officials are considering banning new christians from forming student groups with some sort of school mandated quota.

Upon hearing this account of the meeting, I immediately dismissed the report as inaccurate. It seemed difficult to imagine that such a sentiment would ever be publicly expressed by even the most brazen and reckless of administrators. Despite my generally low level of confidence in college administrators' respect for religious liberty, this report simply seemed too far-fetched to believe.

Unfortunately, on December 8, 2003, a member of the Student Organization Committee (SOC) at UNCW told me that the university was indeed considering a possible quota on Christian organizations at UNC-Wilmington. During our conversation, this tenured faculty member casually stated that the university had too many Christian organizations to manage. He claimed that it would soon be necessary to stop recognizing new Christian organizations and instead have students conform their religious beliefs to those of existing organizations.

Adams, who is a professor at the University verified that school officials are aware of the First Amendment. They just don't think that it applies to them. He also notes that the Director of the University Union has instructed the Student Organization Committee (via email), to quit sending out emails. Apparently he's upset that they keep ending up in Adams' column.