An LA City College student has filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging one of his professors did not allow him to finish a speech against same-sex marriage in class.
Jonathan Lopez claims his professor called him a "facist bastard" for giving the speech. He also alleges the professor told him to "ask God what your grade is" when he inquired about his score for the speech. He also claims the professor threatened to get him expelled should he take it to higher authorities.
The suit is seeking financial damages, and asks the court to strike down the school's code against "offensive speech."
Lopez is being represented by out-of-state Alliance Defense Fund, a x-tian legal group based in Arizona that is closely tied to James Dobson's Focus on the Family organization. This is the group that sued, unsuccessfully, to prevent the names of donors the the Prop H8 campaign released to the public.
OK, first of all, I'm calling bullshit on this. I find it extremely unlikely that a professor would call a student a "facist bastard," refuse to give him his grade, and threaten expulsion for taking it up the chain. In today's litigious society, anyone with any brains knows that something like that would prompt a lawsuit. I'm sure there's more to the story than we're hearing.
Also, isn't it convenient that the x-tian nutjobs are trying to use this as a way to eliminate the school's code that bars hate speech. The x-tian nutjobs love to talk hate. And they hate anything that may call them into account.
Lopez is described as a "Christian who feels it's his religious duty to share his faith with others, particularly other college students." Funny how that works. When they do it, it's called "religious duty." When we try to share our belief in full equality, we're "pushing the gay agenda down everyone's throats." Go figure.
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it's sad
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