http://www.resonant.org/node/639 Comments for "Freedom of Speech vs Taxpayer Support" en http://www.resonant.org/node/639 <p>I regularly see or hear about people with the notion that the right to freedom of speech, as guaranteed by the First Amendment, includes the right to demand that the government endorse you and pay for your advertising, distribution costs, and even your soapbox.</p> <p>The Associated Press is <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1112864711856">reporting</a> that a law school student group at a southern Illinois university is suing the university &mdash; for failing to provide funding and the official university sanction to their group, which requires members to pledge to adhere to Christian beliefs, including a prohibition against homosexuality. The group can still use campus facilities to meet, they haven't been banned from speaking on campus, but somehow, the fact that this government institution, a taxpayer-funded university, refuses to lend its name and its funding to a religious group means that freedom of speech is being restricted.</p> <p><a href="http://www.resonant.org/node/639">read more</a></p> http://www.resonant.org/node/639#comments Annoyed Civil Rights Education Religion Sat, 09 Apr 2005 12:31:41 -0400 Zed 639 at http://www.resonant.org