Republicans Tack a Conservative Campus Wish List to a Major Education Bill
The Times, bastion of the post-liberal left, is shocked.
Just as our so-called "conservatives" are not conservatives but radicals out to undo over a century of progressive accomplishments, our so-called "liberals" are increasingly a post-liberal left prioritizing an anti-liberal agenda of social change that erodes popular support for our republican institutions and prominently features attacks of the First Amendment freedoms of expression and association.
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.
A 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.
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