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\"Boston<\/a>It seems freedom of association and religious doctrine, and the juxtaposition thereof, are concepts destined to elude liberals\u2019 grasp. That\u2019s the inescapable takeaway from The<\/i> New York Times\u2019<\/i> report<\/a> on trouble at Boston College, where the Jesuit school\u2019s administrators have decided to crack down on an unofficial student group dedicated to free condom distribution:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we understand that you may not be intentionally violating university policy, we do need to advise you that, should we receive any reports that you are, in fact, distributing condoms on campus, the matter would be referred to the student conduct office for disciplinary action by the university,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n

The group and the administration scheduled a meeting to discuss the matter for April 29 [\u2026]<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a Jesuit, Catholic university, there are certain Catholic commitments that we are called to uphold, including the commitment not to publicly distribute condoms on our campus,\u201d Jack Dunn, a spokesman for the college, said in an e-mail.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The so-called Boston College Students for Sexual Health, of course, don\u2019t see it that way:<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents are going to be having sex regardless, and unless they have the education to know that you need to use a condom every time \u2014 for pregnancy<\/a> prevention, S.T.I. prevention \u2014 and unless they have them available, they\u2019re not going to use it,\u201d said Lizzie Jekanowski, a senior and the chairwoman of the group. \u201cIt harkens to a much deeper Catholic morality of caring for your neighbor \u2014 and that\u2019s literally what we\u2019re doing, is caring for our neighbors\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just wanted to help normalize the presence of condoms, whereas before, they were super taboo,\u201d said Scott Jelinek, a founding member of the group, who graduated from Boston College in 2010 and teaches at a public school in Denver. \u201cStudents need the resources to make safe and healthy decisions.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And naturally, the Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is on the case:<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t have a right to impose their religious beliefs on students or faculty, through threats and intimidation, when those students or faculty are engaged in lawful and constitutionally protected activity,\u201d said Carol Rose, the executive director of the A.C.L.U. of Massachusetts. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s as good a place as any to begin dismantling this nonsense. The Constitution dictates what laws<\/i> can\u2019t keep people from doing; that doesn\u2019t extend to voluntary participation in private institutions. Choosing to skip classes is also perfectly legal, but so is your school cracking down on you for it. The Constitution would protect my right to start writing pro-abortion screeds; it wouldn\u2019t obligate Live Action to keep me on board while doing so.<\/p>\n

This is not complicated: religious schools exist to teach religious values, presumably to students who share their religion and want to learn and follow its precepts. Enrollment at one is voluntary. When you claim membership in something, you don\u2019t just take from it; you also assume certain responsibilities above and beyond those of the law.<\/p>\n

In this case, that means honoring Boston College\u2019s mission<\/a> of \u201cintegrating intellectual, personal, ethical, and religious formation,\u201d and adhering to the responsibilities contained in its code of conduct<\/a>, which include \u201crespect[ing] the values and traditions of Boston College as a Jesuit, Catholic institution.\u201d In particular:<\/p>\n

As a Catholic, Jesuit institution of higher learning, Boston College adheres to the Church’s teachings with respect to sexual intimacy. Consequently, sexual activity outside the bonds of matrimony may be subject to appropriate disciplinary sanctions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, you have the right to disagree with Catholicism\u2019s positions on sexuality and birth control, to buy all the condoms you want, and to have sex out of wedlock. But y\u2019know what else you have the right to do? Choosing to get your higher education somewhere that isn\u2019t<\/i> founded on beliefs you don\u2019t hold. Choosing not to sign onto behavioral standards you have no intention of honoring. Choosing to find a religion (or lack thereof) more to your liking.<\/p>\n

Jekanowski\u2019s claim to represent some \u201cdeeper Catholic morality\u201d is patently absurd. For one thing, she must have an awfully low opinion of her fellow students to assume they\u2019re that ignorant of sex\u2019s risks, or that all of them are as dismissive of Catholic sexual ethos as she is. For another, it erects a false choice between physical and spiritual health. The right way to satisfy both is by cultivating an honest and truly<\/i> comprehensive understanding of sex\u2019s benefits, dangers, and meaning, not skipping right to facilitation of irresponsibility and sin. Other Boston students get it:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo sort of be treated like either we\u2019re not adults enough to provide for ourselves, or in some instance we\u2019re animals that can\u2019t control our passions, I think it\u2019s degrading to the student body,\u201d said Nathaniel Sanders, a Boston College senior.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving condoms distributed on campus is the university kind of validating hookup culture,\u201d said Katelyn Conroy, a junior who leads the college\u2019s Pro-Life Club<\/a>. \u201cThe argument is that condoms prevent the spread of S.T.D.\u2019s, but, really, if you hand out condoms on campus, it puts an idea in their head.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though not a religious school, my alma mater, Hillsdale College<\/a>, has a similar outlook on moral matters. I wouldn\u2019t be so na\u00efve as to suggest that hookups never happened during my time there, but somehow the student body managed to avoid any STD outbreaks or out-of-wedlock pregnancy epidemics, without the aid of free condom distribution. It\u2019s no big secret how: Hillsdale makes perfectly clear that personal virtue and responsibility are cornerstones of its mission and culture, so prospective students know what to expect, and accordingly they either attend and comply or try their luck elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Freedom works. When you let it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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