Remember a few months ago when a Los Angeles community college Christian student, Jonathan Lopez, filed a lawsuit against the college because one of his professors wouldn’t let him spew anti-gay hate speech in the classroom? The professor, John Matteson, told Lopez that his anti-marriage-equality speech violated the college’s sexual harrassment code. Then called Lopez a “fascist bastard.” And then graded Lopez’s with a grade of “Ask God What Your Grade Is.”
Well, yesterday, a U.S. District Court Judgestruck down, not the student’s lawsuit, but the college’s sexual harassment code:
Ruling that its sexual harassment code violates students’ free speech rights, a federal judge has barred the Los Angeles Community College District from enforcing it.
U.S. District Judge George King issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by a Christian student named Jonathan Lopez, who accused his professor at L.A. City College of censoring his classroom speech about his religious beliefs, including his opposition to gay marriage . . . The student also challenged the district’s sexual harassment code as overly broad.
. . . “We…recognize that Defendants have, laudably, attempted to prevent sexual harassment on the District’s campuses,” King’s order read. “Nevertheless, because the Policy regulates expression as well as conduct, we must ensure that it complies with the First Amendment.“
Maybe the “God” grade was a bit much?
photo: World Net Daily
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