Michigan State students sue professor, claim she forced them to fund her progressive political groupBy Allie Griffin
May 24, 2023
Two Michigan State students claim in a federal lawsuit that their former professor forced them and their classmates to fund her personal political group which supported progressive organizations they say contradict their religious values.
The second-year students, Nathan Barbieri and Nolan Radomski, are suing their instructor Amy Wisner and other university officials for first-amendment violations after Wisner allegedly forced her roughly 600 students to pay a $99 membership fee to “The Rebellion Community” as part of her class requirements during the spring 2023 semester.
Barbieri and Radomski soon discovered that Wisner was the creator and controller of The Rebellion Community and alleged she used the estimated $60,000 collected from them and their peers to fund groups like Planned Parenthood which go against their anti-abortion beliefs, according to the 88-page complaint filed last week.
“Defendant Wisner controlled The Rebellion Community and used the membership fees to finance her own political advocacy and to support external groups—including Planned Parenthood—that engage in political speech that is antithetical to the Plaintiffs’ deeply held beliefs,” the document states.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/05/24/michigan-state-students-sue-professor-amy-wisner-claim-she-forced-them-to-fund-her-progressive-political-group/
