TCF is an affiliate of InterVarsity, an international organization for evangelical Christian college students.
Both TCF and TCUJ said that the decisions are based on belief, not practice.
TCF's website says that Catalano was denied a leadership position because of "her religious beliefs about sexual practice and her interpretation of Scripture on this issue," not because of her sexual orientation itself.
"[TCF] would not allow a straight person who believed that homosexuality was fine to be a leader," said Adam J. Biacchi, a first-year student and a member of TCUJ.
And the student government's decision was based on TCF's belief that homosexual practice is wrong and not because Catalano was denied a position.
Biacchi said that TCUJ members decided that such a belief is not compatible with Tufts' stance on nondiscrimination.
The university was not involved in the student government's decision, and administrators have commented little. TCUJ is a part of student government, but the university will be involved in the appeals process.
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