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Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee announced Wednesday that he would veto a bill designed to require Vanderbilt University to abandon its anti-bias policies with regard to student religious groups, The Tennessean reported. Vanderbilt requires groups seeking recognition to have "all comers" policies, meaning that all students at the university are welcome to join and participate. Some religious groups say this endangers their ability to stay true to their beliefs, and sympathetic legislators passed the bill to require Vanderbilt to abandon its policy. Haslam said he would veto the bill, but not because he agrees with the university. "Although I disagree with Vanderbilt’s policy, as someone who strongly believes in limited government, I think it is inappropriate for government to mandate the policies of a private institution," he said.
