Tonight on FOXNEWS top-rated 6 pm news program, Special Report with Brit Hume, the UF Administration’s actions were again the subject of scrutiny. The national media have once again taken an interest in this important free speech case. Brit Hume reported:
A student advocacy group reports an administrator at the University of Florida has backed down after demanding an apology from a students showing a movie about radical Islam. Several student groups advertised a screening of a film called “Obsession — Radical Islam’s War Against the West.” On the fliers was the phrase – “Radical Islam wants you dead.”
Florida vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin e-mailed all students and said the groups owe the campus, and particularly Muslim students, an apology.
But the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education quickly reminded Telles-Irvin that the flier was unquestionably protected free speech under the constitution.
A week later, Telles-Irvin wrote a second e-mail — assuring students of their right to — “freely express themselves on any issue” — and saying there would be no disciplinary action against the groups.
One of my favorite FOXNEWS moments. The Law School Republicans did not ask for this fight, rather, it was thrust upon them. It is important to defend free speech when challenged like this.
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