&gt; Asking for a &quot;safe space&quot; where you don&#x27;t have to deal with your conscience is horribly absurd.<p>Asking for safe space where you don&#x27;t have to worry about others trying to <i>manipulate</i> your conscience, OTOH, is not unreasonable.<p>At the same time, expecting formal services at the on-campus chapel of what is overtly an evangelical Christian university to be that safe space is somewhat unreasonable.<p>(Which is not to say that Dr. Piper&#x27;s <i>letter</i> is itself a reasonable response to the scenario it describes.)