Hat tip to Students and Organizations with GUTS to stand up to these leftist fascists !!!
Shame on those students who went along with the prof, ATTEMPTING (but not succeeding) to silence those with whom they disagree.
Fresno State Prof. to Pro-Life Students: “College campuses are not free speech areas”
Posted by Fuzzy Slippers Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:30am
Gets Sued By Student Group For Removing Pro-Life “Chalking” Messages
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The Prof to Student:
Video footage shows Greg Thatcher, a professor of public health, scrubbing out messages like “women need love, not abortion” with his shoe and instructing other students to do the same. Thatcher claimed that the messages would only be allowed in a designated “free speech area” on campus, and says in the video that “college campuses are not free speech areas.”
The University:
However, Fresno State no longer has such a free speech zone, and an official said in a statement Thursday that “our entire campus is open and supports freedom of expression.”
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Official Statement from Fresno State:
“Fresno State supports and defends the right of students to free speech and the peaceful expression of ideas on campus. The university’s policy is clear: free speech on campus is not limited to a “free speech zone” or any other narrowly defined area. Universities have an obligation to encourage the free expression of ideas, values and opinions.
The students who wrote the chalk messages received prior university approval and were well within their rights to express themselves in this manner.
Those disagreeing with the students’ message have a right to their own speech, but they do not have the right to erase or stifle someone else’s speech under the guise of their own right to free speech. We are reviewing this matter and take the situation very seriously.”
-Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro
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The lawsuit:
Not so fast, say, too, the Alliance Defending Freedom who have filed suit [embedded below] on behalf of the students.
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Travis Barham, an attorney with Alliance for Defending Freedom – a Christian nonprofit that is representing the students – said he hopes the case will be used to warn professors across the country about students’ rights to free speech.
“No university professor has the authority to roam the campus, silencing any student speech he happens to find objectionable and recruiting students to participate in this censorship,” Barham said. “Like all government officials, professors have an obligation to respect students’ free speech rights. And they should encourage all students to participate in the marketplace of ideas, rather than silencing those with whom they happen to differ. The professor’s actions here represent a flagrant violation of the First Amendment.”
Students for Life of America also issued a statement condemning the professor’s actions.
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EXCELLENT.
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