Christian Student Sues Georgia College for Restricting Right to Preach on Campus
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Christian Student Sues Georgia College for Restricting Right to Preach on Campus
Christian Student Sues Georgia College for Restricting Right to Preach on Campus
A photo of the campus of Georgia Gwinnett College, located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. | (Photo: Facebook/Georgia Gwinnett College)
A Christian student is suing a college in Georgia for allegedly violating his free speech rights by severely limiting his preaching on campus.
Chike Uzuegbunam filed a complaint on Monday against officials with Georgia Gwinnett College in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.
Predictions of discrimination against conservatives came true
The College Fix recently spoke to a handful of experts on free speech about the obstacles students faced in the fall semester.
In August 2020,
The Fixspoke to many of these same experts about their concerns about how coronavirus restrictions would limit freedom of expression.
They noted at the time that with the return of school and the issue of COVID-19 there was an increased possibility that the First Amendment rights of students would be infringed upon by university officials.
Their predictions came true, the experts said.
For one, colleges have frequently applied their COVID guidelines in discriminatory ways, said Kimberly Hermann, general counsel for the Southeastern Legal Foundation.