Stopping hate (of free speech): Settlement in Sheeran v. Shea, et al.ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at the ADF Center for Academic Freedom’s Academic Freedom File blog: “The Sheeran settlement was a great outcome not just for pro-life students, but for every student at the Community Colleges of Spokane . . . CCS policies actually allowed administrators to require students hosting an outside speaker to present opposing points of view! In fact, that was an administrator’s initial response to Beth Sheeran’s request to hold her pro-life event—it was ‘too one-sided’ and since ‘Washington is a pro-choice state,’ they would also have to include pro-choice information . . . The victory does not come free from a sense of foreboding, however. These ‘Stop The Hate’-type programs seem to have become vogue among administrator-types, and are cropping up at increasing numbers of schools.” More from David French, Director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, at Phi Beta Cons. |