Category: Free Speech
The Campus Snowflake Problem is Not Getting Any Better
Recent events on college campuses continue to disappoint parents, alumni and citizens who have been hoping that emotional scenes of “triggered students” and violent disruptions...
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Florida High School Won’t Recognize a Student Pro-Life Club Because It’s “Too Political”
Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Florida rejected an application from one of its students, Gabrielle Gabbard to form a “Sharks 4 Life” club, which...
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Dennis Prager and Adam Carolla Film “No Safe Spaces” Has Solid Second Weekend
The documentary No Safe Spaces, which depicts the assault on free speech on college campuses across America, had a solid second weekend. The film jumped...
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“No Safe Spaces”: Documentary Exposes Intolerance on College Campuses
No Safe Spaces, a documentary from Dennis Prager and Adam Carolla, opened in Phoenix last Friday, bringing in over $45,000 while showing on one screen....
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The Majority of Millennials Don’t Believe in Free Speech
It’s an old adage that if you’re not a liberal when you’re young, you don’t have a heart. But if you’re not a conservative when...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Win Over Conservatives
For years, conservatives have complained about the liberal bias of big tech companies. Large social media giants seem to censor conservative voices much more often...
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University Overrules Student Senate Activists; Recognizes Conservative Club
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is a national, conservative organization with student chapters on many college campuses. It was founded by William F. Buckley and...
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New York City Bans Phrase “Illegal Alien,” Punishes Violators With $250,000 Fines
Lady Liberty has been left crying again. The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) recently released a new guidance banning the phrase “illegal...
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Chicago ‘Speech Zones’ at City Park Prompt Lawsuit from Student Evangelists
A public park is a “quintessential public forum” that enjoys the highest protections for free speech. Government regulations that restrict speech in such areas are...
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Maryland Judge Upholds Government Censorship Of Free Speech
Yesterday The Daily Citizen’s Bruce Hausknecht wrote about a Maryland judge’s decision to uphold a therapy ban, here. This article picks up where he left...
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Federal Judge Upholds Maryland Ban on Talk Therapy for Minors with Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction or Gender Dysphoria
Maryland’s law prohibiting licensed therapists and counselors from talking to minors regarding their desire to deal with unwanted same-sex attractions or gender-identity issues has been...
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Love (And Free Speech) Wins on a Wisconsin College Campus
Handing out Valentine’s Day cards is a time-honored American tradition. I can remember participating in the yearly event back in elementary school starting as early...
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When Nondiscrimination Laws Get Ridiculous
Ann Arbor, Michigan dodged a federal lawsuit recently by agreeing not to enforce its local nondiscrimination ordinance against a couple of young, conservative entrepreneurs who...
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Snopes Continues Its Campaign Against the Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee is every Christian’s trusted source for a humorous take on the day’s headlines. For those of you who aren’t yet fans of...
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First Amendment Trampled in Ann Arbor, Lawsuit Asserts
The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan prohibits “public accommodations” (i.e., businesses) from discriminating on the basis of, among other things, political beliefs. Historically, liberal cities...
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South Carolina Judge Imposes Graduation Prayer ‘Guidelines’ – Part Two
Today we address the second half of a federal judge’s order directing a South Carolina school district to follow nine “guidelines” she imposed on graduation...
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South Carolina Judge Imposes Graduation Prayer ‘Guidelines’ on School District – Part One
The Greenville County School District in South Carolina has been given a strict set of nine “guidelines” in the form of a federal court order...
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Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors Ask Supreme Court to Strike Down Chicago “Bubble Zone” Ordinance
Sidewalk counselors at abortion clinics attempt to talk abortion-minded women entering such clinics into changing their minds, or at least to consider the pro-life information...
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Santa Clara University Won’t Listen to School’s Attorney; Declines to Recognize Conservative Club
The student senate at Santa Clara University in California twice now has rejected the application of Young America’s Foundation (YAF), a conservative student group seeking...
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Conservative Group Wins Big Against IRS
True the Vote (TTV), a voters’ rights organization, and other conservative, nonprofit organizations found it nearly impossible to obtain 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) tax-exempt designations...
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Student Club Denied Official Status, College Changes Policy After Lawsuit
Handling requests for “official status” of new student clubs at a public college cannot be left to the unbridled discretion of those in authority, because...
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Wide Disparity in Free Speech Attitudes on College Campuses
Many of us who constantly read news reports about campus disruptions over controversial speakers or requirements for using gender-bending pronouns or campus “speech codes”...
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Oklahoma Joins Growing List of States Protecting Campus Free Speech
The days of campus radicals disrupting or even preventing invited speakers from speaking by imposing a “heckler’s veto,” or timid university administrators shuttling unpopular...
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Free Speech Win for High School Christian Club in Pennsylvania
It’s a staple of free speech law: students do not shed their constitutional rights at the public schoolhouse gate. But properly balanced against that is...
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