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CLU students reject change to student constitution

Stephen Osman/The Star Evan Clark, 22, an atheist who happens to be the student body president at California Lutheran University, supports an effort by fellow student Evan Sandlin, 20, to change the school’s student government constitution which contains a religious reference. 02/24/11 Thousand Oaks, CA.

Students at California Lutheran University have rejected a proposed change to the student constitution that would have removed the phrase “to promote Christian growth.” Instead, the preamble would have said “to inspire the maturity of faith and reason in an environment of Lutheran tradition.”

About 53 percent of students supported the change in an election this week, but it required a two-thirds vote.

Evan Sandlin, who proposed the change, said he hopes the question comes back in a few years for another vote. Sandlin was re-elected to the student senate in the election.

“People still had the idea we were somehow attacking Christianity, and that was not our intention,” he said.

Before the election, Sandlin helped organize a forum to discuss the proposed revision. He didn’t have a formal campaign, but did promote it on Facebook.

“A majority voted for it, so I think that says something,” Sandlin said.

“I still think it’s an important issue. I think with time it will eventually change.”

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