Liberty U. pulls plug on campus Democratic club

RICHMOND, Va. -- Liberty University has told its fledgling College Democrats club it can no longer be a campus group, saying the party stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.

Club president Brian Diaz said he got the word last week from the private university in Lynchburg, Va., founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Vice president of student affairs Mark Hine said in the e-mail to Diaz that the national Democratic party violates the school's principles by supporting abortion, socialism and the agenda of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. No other groups were affected.

Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. called the club's recognition by the school "an oversight by an administrator" who didn't thoroughly consult school policy.