A Connecticut high school is targeting a pro-life student group, denying them the opportunity to hand out information or set up displays during the lunch period like other student run groups.
Branford High School Principal Lee Panagoulias and other school officials told the six member pro-life club that they could not have models of a fetus on a display table, could not hand out literature or invite any other student to join their group.
Other student groups in the school do not have any of those restrictions.
The Alliance Defending Freedom has contacted the school and the school district demanding information about the discrimination against the Christian students.
“We cannot sit back while our pro-life students are denied their constitutional rights and bullied by their school administrators,” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told Fox News. “At Branford High School, there is a double standard for the pro-life students, and we intend to expose this injustice and correct it.”
The chairman of the local Board of Education said that if all the procedures of the school for student groups are being followed, they should be given the same rights as any other club.
A pro-life student group at Central Michigan University discovered that someone had torn down and stolen their pro-life campus display.
The display featured infant clothing hanging on a clothesline. One out of every four pieces of clothing contained a red X to show that one in every four pregnancies is ending in abortion. The group also had a sign posted informing people about the horrors of abortion.
The Central Michigan University Police have confirmed they were investigating the vandalism and theft.
“I can’t say that I am surprised given the culture of the campus and I think that it’s sad that people can’t just disagree and the only way they can express themselves is by silencing our message,” Sarah Donetti of CMU’s Students For Life told Campus Reform.
The group had requested to post the display in September but the Student Activities and Involvement Office kept delaying action on their request until finally approving it in mid-November.
A professor with the University of Buffalo was arrested on Tuesday for disorderly conduct after violently launching into a profanity filled rant against pro-life students.
Professor Laura Curry, an adjunct professor of media, harassed and screamed at members of the University’s Students for Life group who were staging a pro-life event. The group had displayed photos of babies killed via abortion that Curry wanted to have removed from public view. Continue reading →