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Category Archives: Free Speech
EU Proposal to Ban Sexual Stereotypes in Media Gets Chilly Reception
This month the European Union had a controversy on its hands when the Financial Times got hold of a secret 26-page draft directive being prepared under the auspices of the European Commission’s Social Affairs Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou. Article 4 of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Diamantopoulou, Cecile Greobval, European Women's Lobby
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Does Michigan’s Sexual Harassment Law Violate the First Amendment?
Wayne State University Law School professor Kingsley Browne wrote an op-ed in the Detroit News earlier this month arguing that Michigan’s sexual harassment statute violates the First Amendment. He was specifically referring to Burns v. City of Detroit in which … Continue reading
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Another Professor with a Loyalty Requirement
A bizarre controversy has been unfolding the past few weeks at Iowa State University where a professor threw a student out of her class because he disagreed with her political views. Student Jay Gardner, 38, took a graduate class on … Continue reading
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Feminist Censors Try to Shut Down University of Connecticut Student Television Show
Do campus feminists have any respect for freedom of speech anymore? Certainly not at the University of Connecticut where 17 women filed sexual harassment charges against a student-run television show for allegedly creating a “hostile environment.” Certainly University of Connecticut … Continue reading
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Feminists In Scotland Forced to Withdraw Domestic Violence Ad
Many European countries have boards that monitor advertising and occasionally force advertisers to rewrite or withdraw advertisements that these boards consider to be deceptive. In Scotland, Scottish Women’s Aid was forced to withdraw and rewrite an ad publicizing the threat … Continue reading
‘Nuremberg Files’ Web Site Verdict Thrown Out
The Associated Press reports that a three-judge panel in the 9th District Court has thrown out the controversial civil lawsuit against the Nuremberg Files web site. The Nuremberg Files was a web site set up by anti-abortion activists. Among other … Continue reading
Taxing Video Games to Fund Sexual Assault Programs?
The Associated Press reported that New Hampshire is considering adding a special tax on video games and movies to fund sexual assault programs in the state. Under the proposed law, film and game rentals would be taxed 5 cents and … Continue reading
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The Feminist Assault on Free Speech: A Review of Nadine Strossen’s Defending Pornography
Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights By Nadine Strossen Amazon.Com price: $11.96 (click on above link to purchase) If it weren’t for the feminist war on pornography, this web site probably wouldn’t exist. Several years … Continue reading
NOW’s Abortion Lawsuit Threatens Freedom of Expression
The fundamental problem with American politics is that it is largely unprincipled. Groups and lobbies often seem more interested in getting their own outcome — regardless of the methods they need to use. This simple maxim was underscored with last … Continue reading