> if a christian school does a search like that and punishes students based on what they do in their free time
As an alumni from a Christian school, I can confirm that this is legal. [0]
You'll get expelled if you're in a same-sex relationship, or displaying behaviors of such a relationship (e.g. holding hands). [1]
> Harding University holds to the biblical principle that God instituted marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman and that gender identity is given by God and revealed in one’s birth sex. Students are prohibited from being married to or dating a person of the same sex. Neither may students engage in behavior suggesting a romantic relationship with a person of the same sex. The University further holds to the biblical principle that sexual relationships outside the context of marriage are unacceptable to God and immoral. Sexual immorality in any form will result in suspension from the University.
I think they get a bit of leeway by both being a private university and a religious institution. I'm not a lawyer though, so I have no idea.
If you want a real fun trip down Christian college lane you should check out PCC [0]. One of my friends went there for a semester or two and it sounded... horrible.
> PCC policies govern many aspects of the students' lives, including dress, hairstyles, cleanliness of residence hall rooms, styles of music, borrowing, off-campus employment, and Internet access.[30] For example, "All students are expected to dress modestly, in conservative fashions and . . . men are not to wear effeminate hairstyles or apparel."[31]
> PCC also prohibits physical contact and interaction between unwed members of the opposite sex. For example, a chaperone and "day-pass" is required for a "mixed group" for students under the age of 23.[32] Students over the age of 23 are not required to have a chaperone on a date, but cannot go to a beach or a park after dark and cannot "visit the home of an unmarried person of the opposite gender."[33]
> Most stairwells, elevators, and parking lots on campus are segregated by gender.
As an alumni from a Christian school, I can confirm that this is legal. [0]
You'll get expelled if you're in a same-sex relationship, or displaying behaviors of such a relationship (e.g. holding hands). [1]
> Harding University holds to the biblical principle that God instituted marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman and that gender identity is given by God and revealed in one’s birth sex. Students are prohibited from being married to or dating a person of the same sex. Neither may students engage in behavior suggesting a romantic relationship with a person of the same sex. The University further holds to the biblical principle that sexual relationships outside the context of marriage are unacceptable to God and immoral. Sexual immorality in any form will result in suspension from the University.
[0]: https://archive.org/details/harding-title-ix-exemption/page/...
[1]: page 16: https://www.campuspride.org/wp-content/uploads/harding_stude...
[bonus]: http://www.huqueerpress.com/the_zine.html