So you’re in California, and you’re applying to the University of California. The 10-campus system is pretty hard to get into, and so you’ve taken college prep classes. But then you find out the university isn’t going to accept those classes; and you’re furious.

And, being furious, you sue.

But now, you’ve lost. Because a California judge has decided that, um, maybe the system shouldn’t be accepting those courses. Because, see, you went to a Christian high school - and one of the course you took was a history course called “Christianity’s Influence on America,” which has a primary text - published by Bob Jones University - that “instructs that the Bible is the unerring source for analysis of historical events” and evaluates historical figures based on their religious motivations.

And then maybe one of your other books was titled, “Biology for Christian Schools,” which declares on the first page that “if (scientific) conclusions contradict the Word of God, the conclusions are wrong.”

Then does the University of California have good reason for its decision?

A group calling itself Advocates for Faith and Freedom thinks not, and will appeal yesterday’s decision by the U.S. District Judge in Los Angeles. “It appears the UC is attempting to secularize private religious schools,” said the attorney for the group. “If it comes from certain publishers or from a religious perspective, UC simply denies them.”

So long as that perspective insists that scientific conclusions are wrong if they contradict God’s word, then here’s hope UC keeps on doing exactly the same.