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Permit Required to Discuss Jesus on Campus
North Carolina State University is getting sued in federal court for a policy employed to gag Christians:
Grace Christian Life, a registered student group at NC State, filed suit over a policy requiring a permit for any kind of student speech or communication anywhere on campus – including religious speech.
In September 2015, the student group was told that without a permit, they must stop approaching other students inside the student union to engage in religious discussions or invite them to attend group events.
As usual with tyrannical restrictions, it is selectively enforced. The evident purpose of this one is to prevent evangelical Christians from proselytizing.
“The University has not restricted the ability of other students and student groups to engage in expressive activity,” the lawsuit states. “Grace has witnessed other students, student groups and off-campus groups handing out literature either without a permit or outside of the area reserved by their table permit.” …
NC State’s rules were so draconian that the Christians were not even allowed to step from behind their table in the student union.
“Colleges are supposed to be places where ideas are freely shared – not gagged,” Grace Christian Life President Hannalee Alrutz told [Todd Starnes]. “The only permit a student needs to speak on campus is the First Amendment.”
Considering that the university is funded by the government, you would certainly think so — except that the Constitution is also selectively enforced.
On a tip from Steve A.
Source: http://moonbattery.com/?p=71491
