Religious Freedom Institute launches new group to protect students of faith on college campuses

August 14, 2024

The Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) has announced that it is launching a new initiative aimed at defending religious freedom on college campuses as a counter to rising intolerance and antisemitism.

The Christian Post reports that RFI President Trimble said that the Campus Faith Alliance group is being launched in response to what he called “growing challenges for students of faith on America’s college campuses.”

Trimble explained: “Religious student groups have common cause to defend religious freedom for all based on a shared commitment to the human dignity of all. And we concluded that they would benefit from building a coalition with one another on their campuses to address threats to their religious freedom.”

Trimble told the Christian Post that RFI believes there are a variety of subtle pressures that can undermine students’ faith on campus and that religious freedom is premised on the idea that all people are equal in dignity.

Trimble added, “Religious freedom says, ‘I can disagree with you even on life’s most important questions while still respecting your dignity.’ This message needs to be relearned on many campuses today, and the Campus Faith Alliance can be a vehicle for such renewal.”

Several schools will host pilot chapters of the Alliance, in cooperation with other religious student organizations on campus.

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