A society found to be distributing questionable leaflets on campus at NUIG have has been suspended by college authorities.
A group going by the name ‘Courage Community’ were responsible for the leaflet, which invited people with ‘same sex attractions’ to ‘develop an interior life of chastity’. The leaflet stated that the initiative was in conjunction with the Legion of Mary society at NUIG.
The slogan posted on the leaflet read 'I am a child of God. Don't call me gay.'
A statement from NUIG read;
“NUI Galway has a pluralist ethos and will not condone the production and dissemination of any material by students which discriminates against other students. Discrimination or implied or direct harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation and /or religion, is contrary to Irish and European law.
The Vice-President for the Student Experience initiated a process of enquiry to review the actions of the Society in question in the context of the University code of conduct, the University policy on harassment and Irish and European equality law.
The University Societies Coordination Group met yesterday, Tuesday 3rd December, and suspended the Society named the NUIG Legion of Mary with immediate effect.
NUI Galway is committed to protecting the liberty and equality of all students and does not condone such behaviour.”
It is understood that the society in NUIG has only a handful of members,
