The survey 'indicated a lack of familiarity as to where non-Christian societies, events and services were located'. Whatever that vague statement means, the obvious answer to me is to take measures to improve students' familiarity with other societies rather than simply banning the CU from having its own stall.

I'm non-Christian, and I do not feel in the slightest bit alienated by having a religious organisation advertise at freshers' fair. I'm not interested in them, so I don't go for them. It's as simple as that. It'd be a much better argument to say that banning the CU from having its own stall is much more alienating because all of the students from Christian backgrounds who are interested no longer have anywhere to go. I also do not for a moment believe that the majority of Balliol students support this because, as anybody at Oxford knows, most students don't get involved in JCR politics.

On another point, the CU being the largest actually undermines the free speech argument on principle. Free speech would have to be applied equally to all religions, so each one would have to have an equal platform.

You've got a society with 100 people who are interested in it, and a society that has 10 people interested in it. Is it fair to give the former a bigger table than the latter? Obviously.