Free speech is one of our nation’s founding principles, but it gets tested every day. This is particularly true in the education realm when the “speech” involved is about religion. This last week especially has seen the First Amendment poised for scrutiny as liberal educators threaten the rights of students to speak about their faith freely.
Last Friday, with the help of their attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom, a chapter of Young Americans for Liberty filed a lawsuit against the University of Alabama. It challenges “the university’s policies that require students to obtain a permit to speak on campus five business days in advance.” Young Americans for Liberty believe the policy violates Alabama’s FORUM Act, a pro-free-speech policy specifically targeted to public colleges and universities.
