College will pay $800,000 to settle free speech lawsuit filed by silenced Christian student

Morning Headlines: Georgia Gwinnett College Settles Due to Violation of Constitutional Rights

A more than eight hundred thousand dollar settlement has been reached in a case stemming from complaints that Georgia Gwinnett College violated the First Amendment rights of two students. The dispute began more than five years ago when a campus police officer told then-student Chike Uzuegbunam he couldn’t distribute written materials expressing his Christian faith at an outdoor plaza near the campus library.

Infringing Religious Speech Proves Costly for Georgia College

In 2016, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) made the same constitutional mistake a lot of other liberal public educational institutions have made over the years; it thought it could restrict Christians from speaking about the good news of the Gospel on campus and get away with it. GGC has since learned a valuable, if costly, lesson […]

College will pay $800,000 to settle free speech lawsuit filed by silenced Christian student

This case should … remind other colleges and universities nationwide of the need to respect their students’ liberties.'

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Former Georgia Gwinnett College students reach $800,000 settlement with school in freedom of speech case

Two former Georgia Gwinnett College students who have spent the last half-decade locked in a battle with the school that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court have