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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Facing the Giants

 Tyranny is a hungry beast ever in need of replenishing itself at the expense of weaker prey.


Nearly ten years ago, I helped organize a lawsuit against UNC-Chapel Hill. The university was forcing Christians to allow non-Christians to run their organizations. It took me 18 months to find a plaintiff but I did. In case you were wondering, we took the case to federal court and we won. For a time, freedom of association was preserved at North Carolina's flagship university.  But tyranny is a hungry beast ever in need of replenishing itself at the expense of weaker prey.

This semester, the predator was once again a UNC public university campus. But I am pleased to report that with the help of Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) we were able to win another freedom of association case. Working together, we won the case without a lawsuit. And we did it in just twelve days.  To Read More….. 

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