Oklahoma § 70-2119.1 - Protection for religious student associations

§ 70-2119.1. Protection for religious student associations

A. No public institution of higher education may take any

action or enforce any policy that would deny a religious student

association any benefit available to any other student association,

or discriminate against a religious student association with respect

to such benefit, based on that association's requirement that its

leaders or members:

1. Adhere to the association's sincerely held religious

beliefs;

2. Comply with the association's sincere religious observance

requirements;

3. Comply with the association's sincere religious standards of

conduct; or

4. Be committed to furthering the association's religious

missions,

as such religious beliefs, observance requirements, standards of

conduct or missions are defined by the religious student

association, or the religion upon which the association is based.

B. The legal standard provided in subsection B of Section 3 of

this act shall not apply to this section.

Added by Laws 2014, c. 350, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.