Ban on free speech (a.k.a. talkin’ Jesus) gone

College under fire for allowing expression rights only 2 hours per week

A college’s ban on free speech – except for two selected hours per week – has been eliminated in a settlement with the Alliance Defense Fund, which took up the cause on behalf of a student threatened with arrest and expulsion for sharing the story of Jesus.

“Christian students shouldn’t have to face jail and expulsion for expressing their beliefs on a public college campus,” said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Gebelin Hacker.

“We are pleased that Yuba College officials have finally agreed to recognize that its campus policies cannot strip away the free speech rights of students with religious viewpoints,” she said in a statement released yesterday. Continue reading . . .

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