Georgia Tech coughs up $50k to settle free speech lawsuit involving MLK's niece

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Georgia Tech coughs up $50k to settle free speech lawsuit involving MLK's niece

Ben Zeisloft   |   Sep 27, 2020 at 9:17 PM EDT

The Georgia Institute of Technology settled a lawsuit with a pro-life student group after the university's student government refused to sponsor an event featuring Alveda King -- the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

As Campus Reform reported in April, the legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of Georgia Tech’s Students for Life club, which was denied $2,346.16 to host King.  Like other extracurricular groups, Students for Life has the right to access university funding for their programs.

However, Georgia Tech’s student government asked Students for Life to “guarantee” that King would not discuss “religion, abortion, or LGBT issues.” According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Students for Life agreed to settle with Georgia Tech after the school revised its policies so that student groups would receive funding through a “viewpoint-neutral decision-making criteria.”

The university will also pay $50,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15776


I hate to admit this happened at my school.  This is what happens when you put the students in charge and cede some power to their liberal mindsets.  The first thing these 'liberals' do is enforce censorship.  I hope every penny of this comes out of the student funds.  Then in the Spring when there is no money for intramurals, or events, or keeping the rec center open, the school can turn it into a learning moment by pointing to these liberals and show everyone what happens when intolerant liberals are given power.

[mountaineer]

Excellent. I know Students for Life's director. They're a determined and committed group.

[PeteS in CA]

This case is an example of why the SPLC has labeled the Alliance Defending Freedom a hate group. ADF wins cases for the wrong sort of people.