A group of University of Texas students has sued 18 school administration officials for allegedly curbing their free-speech rights. Lawyers for the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based legal group that defends religious freedom cases, said members of Justice For All, a pro-life student group, were repeatedly denied permits by university officials "to display a large pro-life exhibit on open areas of the UT campus," said an Oct. 1 statement. The exhibit, ADF said, included photos of aborted babies.
The suit, filed Monday in U.S. district court in Austin, charges that although the university finally relented, officials "censored both the exhibit and the accompanying literature to remove all contact information for off-campus crisis pregnancy centers and help lines as 'improper solicitation.'"
"This is a case of political correctness run amok," said Benjamin Bull, the Alliance Defense ...