University of Virginia Library

Long-Standing Policy

If approved, the
committee's space
recommendation would
overturn a long-standing
University policy which
prevents use of space for
religious-oriented activities
because of Thomas Jefferson's
belief in separation of church
and state.

Fourth-year student Beat
Steinger and graduate student
Jim Keim, representing
religious groups desiring to use
University space, challenged
the policy in November in a
letter to the Calendar
Committee.