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First Amendment Victory: Professor Who Rubbed Out Pro-Life Chalk Drawings Must Pay $26K for Infringing Free Speech

Nancy Flanders : Mar 5, 2019  LifeSiteNews.com

In an article for ADF, Tasy said that the impact of that attack against free speech was much greater than they could have imagined. They felt defeated after a year of having their fliers torn down or vandalized and the professor's actions left them feeling completely disheartened. But the video of the professor and his students was viewed thousands of times and inspired talk on social media about free speech. And Students for Life at Fresno grew from a few members to over 25 active pro-life participants.

(Fresno, CA)—[Live Action News via LifeSiteNews] Nearly two years ago, Fresno State Professor Greg Thatcher and some of his students purposefully wiped away pro-life chalk messages written by the Fresno State Students for Life group. The chalk messages were approved by the university, but Thatcher decided to censor the pro-life message claiming that "free speech is free speech in the free speech area" and that "college campuses are not free speech areas." He said he and his students were exercising their own free speech as he proceeded to rub the chalk off the sidewalk with his shoe. (Photo: Students for Life of Fresno State University/Students for Life/via LifeSiteNews)

With the assistance of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Students of Life filed a lawsuit and won the case. According to ADF, Thatcher was ordered never to interfere with Students for Life at Fresno State again and had to pay nearly $26,000 in attorney fees to student Bernadette Tasy and another student club member. He also had to attend a training on free speech given by ADF attorney Travis C. Barham. In an article for ADF, Tasy said that the impact of that attack against free speech was much greater than they could have imagined. They felt defeated after a year of having their fliers torn down or vandalized and the professor's actions left them feeling completely disheartened. But the video of the professor and his students was viewed thousands of times and inspired talk on social media about free speech. And Students for Life at Fresno grew from a few members to over 25 active pro-life participants.

"I also learned this important lesson," wrote Tasy. "Our ability to spread the pro-life message on campus goes hand-in-hand with our ability to speak freely"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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