Catholic school bans Republican students from posting ‘Unborn Lives Matter’ posters
College Republicans at Chicago’s DePaul University have been banned from posting “Unborn Lives Matter” posters at the school.
DePaul president Reverend Dennis H. Holtschneider explained that the decision was made so as not to “provoke the Black Lives Matter movement.”
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“Some people will say that DePaul’s stance unfairly silences speech to appease a crowd. Nothing can be further from the truth,” he said. “As we experienced last spring, it’s not difficult to agree that there is a difference between a thoughtful discussion about immigration and a profane remark about Mexicans scrawled in the quad, or between a panel on racial climate and a noose — a powerful symbol of violence and hatred — outside a residence hall.”
The university describes itself as being “committed to fostering a community that welcomes open discourse. We believe that intellectual inquiry is enriched immeasurably by robust debate and exposure to differing points of view.”
