Let me see if I get this straight: When members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas hold one of their infamous demonstrations with the notorious “God Hates Fags” signs, then that’s hate speech. And when a group of conservative, Christian students sponsor a speaker whose topic is “Why God Loves Gays,” then THAT’S hate speech too? Talk about a darned if you do, darned if you don’t scenario.

Alan Chambers found that out the hard way. So did members of a Furman University student group called Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow.