Vanderbilt Hires Chaplain amid Controversy - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Vanderbilt University has hired a chaplain in the hopes of ending a lingering controversy over its non-discrimination policy.

The "all-comers" policy requires student groups to allow any student to join their group and hold office, regardless of their beliefs.

Vanderbilt reviewed all of its student groups for compliance after a gay student complained of being thrown out of a Christian fraternity. Since then, Christian groups have protested, and several lost their official status for refusing to sign on to the policy.

The university announced last week that the Rev. Mark Forrester would be its chaplain and director of religious life.