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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Legislation to let students charge Christian universities with LGBT discrimination is a step closer to becoming law in California.
The state Assembly's Judiciary Committee approved the Senate-passed bill after a gay former student at Christian college testified that he had no legal recourse after being expelled.
Attorney Jeffrey Berman, who represents Christian universities, said they should retain religious exemptions "with regard to housing, restrooms and married student housing."
Republican assemblyman Donald Wagner said students who apply to Christian universities should accept the schools' religious standards instead of trying to force them to change, but a majority of the committee voted to let the bill advance.
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