Post tagged with Freedom of Speech
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Apple, Google, Facebook, and Censorship
May 22nd, 201204:13 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor In late 2010, Apple removed from its app store the Manhattan Declaration iPhone/iPad app. (The Manhattan Declaration, in case you don’t know, reaffirms the moral teachings of the Christian faith on the sanctity of human life, marriage and sexual morality, and religious freedom and the ... -
Free Speech Versus Vandalism at Western Kentucky University
May 01st, 201207:03 PM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis Barham Though universities frequently wax eloquent about the critical importance of free speech, they often fail to protect vigorously the basic freedoms of pro-life students. And Western Kentucky University is the latest example of this gap between rhetoric and reality on campus. Last week, WKU’s pro... -
When Scientists Are Censored
March 02nd, 201212:47 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker Inside Higher Ed reports that evolutionists have censored a forthcoming book on intelligent design. Score one for science this week. Evolutionary biologists were horrified by the news that a scholarly press was going to publish a work in favor of intelligent design. But a spokesman for the... -
The 0.1%: Ohio College the Latest to Unconstitutionally Confine Free Speech on Campus
March 02nd, 201212:39 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker Just last month, ADF announced the repeal of a speech zone at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. Chemeketa had told a Christian student that he could not hold pro-life signs in the open, park-like areas of campus. Instead, college policy limited student speech to a small folding table ... -
Vanderbilt’s Two-Stepping Town Hall
February 17th, 201212:01 PM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis C. Barham Vanderbilt’s crack-down on religious groups has captured headlines and ignited controversy on campus. Chancellor Zeppos’ recent “message” on “nondiscrimination” announced a town hall to explain everything. At this meeting, the dean of the divinity school served as a religious s... -
American Atheists…There They Go Again
February 08th, 201209:54 AM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis Barham Recently, the Georgia director of American Atheists announced that his organization would target two national Christian organizations—Child Evangelism Fellowship and Fellowship of Christian Athletes—for legal action. What do these organizations do? Well, they minister to thousands ... -
What a Difference a Viewpoint Makes
January 30th, 201203:36 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David Hacker The double-standard for student speech is playing out again at UC Davis. The Sacramento Bee reports that Occupy UC Davis has moved its operations from “a tent encampment” (seriously, who likes camping for months on end?) to the vacant Cross Cultural Center on campus and plans to occupy it pe... -
In Arizona, Another Move to Mute Free Speech on College Campuses
January 26th, 201201:00 PM ETAuthor: ADF President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears Ray Arneson finds his mission fields close to home. For two years, for instance, he made regular visits to the campus of South Mountain Community College, in his home town of Mesa, Arizona, to peacefully share the Good News with any students and other passers-by who showed an interest in h... -
ADF Joins Coalition Calling on U.S. Department of Education to Protect Speech on Campus
January 16th, 201210:54 AM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David Hacker The ADF Center for Academic Freedom has joined a broad coalition of organizations calling on the U.S. Department of Education to clarify when colleges may and may not investigate and punish student “harassment.” The letter, written by our friends at FIRE, is available here. We’ve told you before ho... -
We Wish You a Merry...Bill of Rights Day!
December 23rd, 201106:06 PM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis Barham December 15th. At first glance, this date seems utterly insignificant, a fleeting reminder that we have only have ten days to finish our Christmas shopping. Yet it stands with July 4th as one of our most important historical anniversaries. For it is on this date that the Bill of Rights turn...
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