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[2009.02.16] MSNBC: College sued over anti-gay marriage speech
""Basically, colleges and universities should give Christian students the same rights to free expression as other students," David J. Hacker, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization that is representing Lopez, told the Los Angeles Times."
[2009.02.16] SFGate: Man sues LA college over anti-gay marriage speech
""He was expressing his faith during an open-ended assignment, but when the professor disagreed with some minor things he mentioned, the professor shut him down," David J. Hacker, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization based in Scottsdale, Ariz. that is representing Lopez, told the Los Angeles Times. "Basically, colleges and universities should give Christian students the same rights to free expression as other students.""
[2009.02.17] CNSNews.com - Student Sues Community College, Alleges Professor Called Him ‘a Fascist Bastard' in Class
"Last week, on Lopez’s behalf, ADF filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Los Angeles against the community college’s chancellor, individual members of the board of trustees and speech professor John Matteson for allegedly violating the student’s First Amendment rights.
Lopez, who was a student in Matteson’s public speaking class, simply shared his beliefs on faith and marriage, accordingt to David Hacker, an ADF litigation counsel.
“He was given--like all other students in the class--an assignment to give an informative speech about any topic. It simply had to be 6 to 8 minutes long, and students could talk about anything they wanted,” Hacker told CNSNews.com."
[2009.02.16] Newsmax.com - Student Speech Against Gay Marriage Prompts Lawsuit
"The Alliance Defense Fund, co-founded by Focus on the Family’s evangelical leader James Dobbs, will represent Lopez in the jury trial, which names nine campuses in the district, L.A. City College, its board of trustees, Matteson, and other administrators.
“He was expressing his faith during an open-ended assignment,” Alliance staff counsel David J. Hacker said. “But when the professor disagreed with some minor things he mentioned, the professor shut him down.” "
[2009.02.16] Fox News: Student Sues L.A. College Over Right to Give Anti-Gay Marriage Speech
"Lopez is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization. In a letter to the group, the dean says she considers the complaint "extremely serious in nature" and has begun a disciplinary investigation."
[2009.02.16] LA Times: Student sues L.A. City College district over gay-marriage speech
"Lopez is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and co-founded by evangelical leader James Dobson of Focus on the Family. The group also advised proponents of Proposition 8 and sued, unsuccessfully, to stop the release of the names and addresses of donors, who said they had been harassed during the weeks of demonstrations that followed the measure's passage.
Alliance staff counsel David J. Hacker said Lopez was a victim of religious discrimination.
"He was expressing his faith during an open-ended assignment, but when the professor disagreed with some minor things he mentioned, the professor shut him down," Hacker said. "Basically, colleges and universities should give Christian students the same rights to free expression as other students.""
[2008.08.05] Inside Higher Ed: Court Strikes Down 'Overbroad' Harassment Policy - Inside Higher Ed
David Hacker, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund's Center for Academic Center, which represented DeJohn, said the court was right to find that Temple's policy was too broad. "A student would look at this policy and say, 'Whoa, I can't say anything that has the purpose or effect of creating an offensive environment,' and that is really dangerous, and can inhibit an academic discussion," Hacker said. "It allows the university to look at the student's intent, and not just the result" of his or her speech.
[2008.11.03] Catholic Culture : News Briefs : Settlement between Pennsylvania university, Christian group over speech codes
"As part of the October 23 settlement, the university has agreed to drop the speech code, according to the Alliance Defense Fund. "
[2008.01.21] SignOnSanDiego.com: CSU told 'civility' demand is too vague
"David Hacker, an attorney with the nonprofit Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group representing the College Republicans, said CSU's proposed remedy still jeopardizes First Amendment rights. The civility statement should be removed, he said.
“I think the court wanted them to strike it from their policy,” Hacker said.
“I don't know what it means to be uncivil. It could mean one thing to one person, something else to another and something else to an administrator and capture a lot of protected speech under its wing.” "
[2008.08.07] Daily Pennsylvanian: Temple's harassment policy overturned
"According to David Hacker, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom and a lawyer for DeJohn, the language of the policy was too broad and allowed for too much to fall under harassment."
[2008.08.07] Student Press Law Center: Appellate court rules Temple University's former speech code unconstitutional
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys for Christian DeJohn, a former Temple graduate student and sergeant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, filed the lawsuit in February 2006.
[2008.08.11] WJZ: UMBC & Pro-Life Group Battle In Court
""The reason for this was that the university invoked the phrase emotional harassment, saying the displays were emotionally harassing the students. Well, that's unconstitutional. It violates free speech, and it's discrimination against their viewpoint," said Steve Aden.
Steven Aden, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund for Academic Freedom, took the students' case to court."
[2008.08.11] CBN: Pro-Life Group Wins Free Speech Dispute
"Lawyers for the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom filed a suit on behalf of Rock of Life after the university insisted the student group relocate its pro-life displays to less prominent areas of campus.\n\nThe ADF believes the incident was a case of religious discrimination.\n\n"Pro-life students at the University of Maryland shouldn't suffer discrimination for their beliefs," ADF Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden said."
[2008.03.08] SF Chronicle: S.F. State GOP group wins free-speech case
The San Francisco case is "a great victory for free speech," said David Hacker of the Alliance Defense Fund, a lawyer for the College Republicans.
State university students, Hacker said, "are now more free to speak on issues that matter to them."
Although the civility standard may seem innocuous, he said, "speech codes like this are consistently enforced against Christian and conservative students across the country merely for expressing their beliefs."
[2009.06.10] WNCT: UCLA says student can give Jesus graduation thanks
"The student affairs adviser for the department objected to the Jesus reference and asked Popa to change it to “I want to thank God,“ according to the Alliance Defense Fund. The ADF says when Popa protested, the administrator told her the only other option was to forego any statement."
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