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March 18th, 2009

Tolerance and Respect on Display at Spokane Falls Community College

Yes, it’s my spring break. But campus controversies wait for no blogger.

Beth Sheeran, a student at Spokane Falls Community College and a member of their Christian Club, has filed suit against her school after they barred her organization from posting pro-life literature in a campus display case. Apparently, Sheeran’s message was discriminatory because it did not include a pro-choice viewpoint.

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By Christina Miller

March 11th, 2009

Pomona Apologizes For Trampling Student Rights

Pomona college has apologized for and reversed its embarrassing decision to ban two students from campus for allegedly “disrupting” a public discussion on abortion. In truth, the students merely videotaped the meeting and asked questions, but two Pomona deans summarily decided that their actions constituted intimidation and harassment. In addition to being banned from campus, the students were also warned that they might be charged with invasion of privacy and were ordered to hand over their videotape.

Of course, this is all absurd, and it didn’t take long for Pomona to realize it was facing a PR disaster. As FIRE notes (see link above), this victory is in large part due to the writing of Charles Johnson, a member of the Collegiate Network:

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By CJ Ciaramella

January 22nd, 2009

Roe V. Wade 36th Anniversary

The near 50 million people who have been brutally murdered, most of which (93%) for convenience sake will certainly save the US time and resources for the upcoming 2010 Census. Why is it that I hear more chatter about the war in Iraq, the Israli-Palistine conflict, or who Britney is sleeping with now than I do about the war going on right here in America coast to coast? Killing more people than Cancer, Aids, and handguns, abortion should be the leading cause of death in the United States, heart disease kills 650,000 – a high number, but nowhere near the number of abortions performed.

While I support a woman’s right to choose whom she marries, where she works, what she wears, I certainly do not support the woman’s right to choose to kill a child. It is puzzling to me why America can be outraged by so many things, but this issue just can’t light a fire hot enough to reverse the work of a woman who now sees her own mistake and avidly fights to overturn Roe V. Wade. A product of adoption, I believe that 9 months of inconvenience is in order for the mother who will refuse to care for the child, perhaps that will give her sufficient time to think about being more careful next time. Abstinence anyone?

I am tired of the argument that abortions are necessary because of rape or health risks. Only 1% of abortion cases are rape/incest, and 6% are potential health risks for the mother or the child. So 93% have to suffer because 7% cannot?

These are not hard questions folks, just real life issues. Sometimes we make choices we regret, that’s why there are options for adoption, but taking the easy way out by ridding oneself of the problem (insert child here) is cowardly, and should be a felony. Child abductions and murder are prosecuted as some of the most heinous crimes, why cant the same matter be treated in the same way days earlier (prior to exiting the womb)?

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By Josh Bellis