Republicans Stuff Education Bill With Conservative Social Agenda

The following article by Anemona Hartocollis was posted on the New York Times website February 1, 2018:

A free-speech rally at the University of California, Berkeley, last April. A bill in Congress would limit colleges’ ability to impose new restrictions on controversial speakers. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Religious colleges would be able to bar openly same-sex relationships without fear of repercussions.

Religious student groups could block people who do not share their faith from becoming members.

Controversial speakers would have more leverage when they want to appear at colleges.

590-page higher-education bill working its way through Congress is a wish list for a wide range of people, groups and colleges saying that their First Amendment rights — freedom of speech, religion or assembly — are being trampled. Many of them are religious, right-leaning or both, and the Republicans behind the bill have eagerly taken up the cause, correcting what they see as antipathy toward conservative beliefs on American campuses. Continue reading “Republicans Stuff Education Bill With Conservative Social Agenda”