What Happened When a Speech Professor Bullied a Student Because of His Beliefs
By Sarah Kramer posted on: August 12, 2020 When California voters passed Proposition 8, amending the state’s constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman, not everyone was happy about it. At that time, Jonathan Lopez was a student at Los Angeles City College. The day after the Proposition 8 vote, Jonathan’s speech professor […]
An Angry Mob Shuts Down Conservative Event at Binghamton University
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 22, 2020 By: Jenna Mohrmann, Media Communications Intern Sadly, it is becoming far too common for university students to have their ideas censored on college campuses. The First Amendment guarantees everyone freedom of speech. This applies to public college campuses, but often, university officials don’t respect that freedom. This happened […]
Free Speech Protected at Wisconsin University Because of One Student’s Bravery
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 20, 2020 By: Cameron Cortman, Summer Office Assistant Because of the First Amendment, students shouldn’t have to worry about being able to speak freely on their college campuses. However, in many instances, students are limited to “speech zones” or threatened by school administration when they engage in free speech. Rising-sophmore […]
WATCH: What’s Happening to Free Speech on College Campuses?
By Maureen Collins posted on: July 16, 2020 Is free speech worth protecting? Our Founding Fathers protected this right in the First Amendment of our Constitution because they knew that the free expression of thought is a vital part of a free society. And if certain viewpoints are censored, it is a recipe for tyranny. But this past […]
Supreme Court to Hear Case of College Students Silenced from Sharing the Gospel
By Sarah Kramer posted on: July 15, 2020 Chike Uzuegbunam graduated from college, but he hasn’t been able to fully move on. For more than three years now, Chike has been involved in a lawsuit against his alma mater, Georgia Gwinnett College. And, now, the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to give him the justice he […]
A Student Punished for Privately Sharing Religious Views
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 14, 2020 By: Allie Langhofer, Summer Office Assistant UPDATE: On July 22, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys sent a letter to Florida State University administrators asking them to address the unconstitutional retaliation against Jack Denton, a student ousted from leadership in the student senate for sharing his personal beliefs with other students. As a freshman at […]
Big News! U.S. Supreme Court Gives Chike Uzuegbunam Another Chance at Justice
By Sarah Kramer posted on: July 9, 2020 It’s been an eventful four years for Georgia Gwinnett College graduate Chike Uzuegbunam. In 2016, Chike was prevented from exercising his right to free speech when officials repeatedly stopped him from peacefully sharing the Gospel with his peers at the college. Since then, with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, […]
An Angry Mob Silenced Conservative Speech on Campus… Here’s What We Did About It
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 1, 2020 By: Jenna Mohrmann, Media Communications Intern Thanks to the First Amendment, we all have the freedom to speak our minds without government interference. That should hold true on public college campuses as well. A college campus is supposed to be a “marketplace of ideas,” after all. Despite this, some college […]
This Professor Was Compelled to Endorse an Ideology Against His Beliefs… So He Was Forced to Sue
By Sarah Kramer posted on: June 11, 2020 Dr. Nicholas Meriwether enjoys a spirited debate. As a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, there is plenty of that to go around in his classroom. And he is not afraid to voice his disagreement or bring up an entirely different viewpoint. That’s part of what makes him a […]
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