Just in Time for Easter

Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.

Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.

Malhotra sees that as an unacceptable infringement on her right to religious expression. So she's demanding that Georgia Tech revoke its tolerance policy. . . .

The Rev. Rick Scarborough, a leading evangelical, frames the movement as the civil rights struggle of the 21st century. 'Christians,' he said, 'are going to have to take a stand for the right to be [crazy as crack whores].'

In that spirit, the Christian Legal Society, an association of judges and lawyers, has formed a national group to challenge tolerance policies in federal court. Several nonprofit law firms -- backed by major ministries such as Focus on the Family and Campus Crusade for Christ -- already take on such cases for free.

If He hadn't risen, you have to imagine that Jesus would be spinning in His grave about now.