A college student in Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit over a speech he gave supporting Proposition 8 and opposing gay marriage. As indicated in the article, the student is opposed to gay marriage on religious grounds and said so in his speech.
His professor interrupted the speech, called him ‘a fascist bastard’ and told students to ‘leave if you are offended’. When none left, the professor cancelled the rest of class and refused to give the student a grade.
Details of the speech are here
As most of you know I opposed Prop 8 and support gay marriage, but free speech means just that, free speech. You should be able to say what you think and for this professor to do what he did was wrong.
You will also note that the ACLU, which has defended people who called the victims of 9/11 ‘little Eichmanns’ but is silent when the political viewpoint is conservative.