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Court challenge prompts CSU to drop civility code for students (SFSU Republicans lawsuit)
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7 March 2008 | Bob Egelko

Posted on 03/07/2008 11:58:28 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture

Court challenge prompts CSU to drop civility code for students

To the relief of a campus Republican group, the 417,000 students at California State University's 23 institutions no longer face the possibility of discipline for failing to be civil to one another.

The change was part of a settlement approved by a federal magistrate in Oakland this week in a lawsuit by the San Francisco State College Republicans, whose members were subjected to a disciplinary hearing after some of them stomped on two flags bearing the name of Allah during an anti-terrorism rally in October 2006.

The flags represented the militant organizations Hamas and Hezbollah and had Allah written on them in Arabic. A student later complained that the College Republicans had engaged in "actions of incivility" and had tried to incite violence and create a hostile environment.

A panel of students, faculty and staff held a hearing in March 2007 and found no violations of university policy. But the College Republicans and two of their leaders filed suit four months later, challenging the speech and conduct

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; alliancedefensefund; civility; collegerepublicans; csu; firstamendment; freespeech; islamofascism; sfsu

1 posted on 03/07/2008 11:58:29 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture

***after some of them stomped on two flags bearing the name of Allah during an anti-terrorism rally in October 2006.***

Freedom of speech at its finest.


2 posted on 03/08/2008 12:06:00 AM PST by wastedyears (Iron Maiden in two weeks' time.)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

The comments after that article are a classic example of “Tolerant Democrats”.


3 posted on 03/08/2008 12:17:52 AM PST by skimask (Support Terrorism......Vote Democratic)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

Disgusting. The left is 100% in the tank for jihadis.


4 posted on 03/08/2008 3:40:01 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Left + Jihad. The alliance that seeks to eliminate Western Civilization, and us)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Florida University may now wear school hats and jerseys again.


5 posted on 03/08/2008 5:49:11 AM PST by Mr. Brightside ( Ronald Reagan Would Back McCain - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970504/posts)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

GOOD FREE SPEECH NEWS!


6 posted on 03/08/2008 1:25:18 PM PST by kitkat
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