School calls for "Safe Zones" to protect students from being "unhappy"Contact: Mark Harrington, National Director,
Created Equal,
614-419-9000,
mark@createdequal.org
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2015 /
Christian Newswire/ -- First students at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio tried
knocking over our signs. Then one student recruited a
"bed sheet brigade" to try to cover our pictures of abortion victims. Another
stood in the street
in front of our Truth Truck and JumboTV trailer to stop it from
reaching the campus. Now, when all else has failed, Otterbein is going
to even greater lengths to censor our First Amendment rights.
Otterbein360, the campus newspaper,
reports
the student government of the liberal arts university is considering a
proposal to purchase the public sidewalk where we conduct outreach to
stop our free speech.
Video:
Watch report from the sidewalk Otterbein University wants to buy
"Yale, University of Missouri, and now Otterbein reveal an
epidemic on our campuses of adults being treated like babies who need
to be coddled and sheltered from difficult subjects. These students are
our future leaders and decision-makers. It is imperative they be
exposed to differing viewpoints. Political correctness has run amok.
Created Equal will not stop expressing our God given rights to free
speech." -- Mark Harrington, National Director, Created Equal
Preferring
censorship to robust debate, this vocal minority is indicative of a
generation not only too weak to deal with inconvenient truths but also
too willing to punish whistleblowers . . . Our campuses are turning
into a nightmare from Neverland-with children who "won't grow up"
habitually playing the victim card-rather than centers of vigorous
discourse. . . . Peter Pan's incessant "I won't grow up" mantra may
make for pleasant entertainment for our kids, but it is nothing less
than horrifying when it becomes the drumbeat of those aspiring to be
adults.
- Click here to read the rest of our blog commentary "We won't grow up!" about the development at Otterbein.
- Click here to watch video of our interaction with the leader of Otterbein's "bed sheet brigade."
- See photos of our outreach on the sidewalk the school may purchase: September and October.
