Pastor Keith Cressman is suing the state of Oklahoma, claiming the standard Oklahoma license plate violates his freedom of speech. The Oklahoman reports that a lower court judge threw out the case, but an appeals court revived the suit on Tuesday. 

Colleges and universities across the country could soon be forced to adopt a definition of “sexual harassment” so broad critics say it leaves almost every student vulnerable to punishment and violates their First Amendment rights.

The chief purpose in life for Canadians, as for all of us, is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. For American journalists, though, Canada’s chief purpose is often to provide a distant early warning of judicial trends likely to take root in the United States—and the Canadian canary in the coal mine is chirping loudly.

The leader of DePaul University’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter is fighting charges he intimidated 13 students who vandalized a pro-life display. After the students confessed to the crime, Kristopher Del Campo released their names to the public.

School officials charged Del Campo with “disorderly, violent, intimidating or dangerous behavior to self or others,” and violating the school’s judicial process for sending the list of vandals to the national YAF organization. The organization posted the list on its blog. Del Campo is appealing the charges.

Why did Facebook last month shut down the account belonging to conservative group “Chicks on the Right” after it posted a blog post criticizing White House spokesman Jay Carney?

The Gallaudet University diversity officer suspended for signing a petition calling for a statewide referendum on marriage in Maryland was reinstated Monday.

School President T. Alan Hurwitz announced Dr. Angela McCaskill’s return to work in an email sent to students, faculty, and staff. The statement did not elaborate on the reasons for McCaskill’s reinstatement. Officials at Gallaudet, the Washington, D.C., college for the deaf and hard of hearing, declined to comment further.

The United Kingdom is one step closer to amending a law that prohibits “insulting” speech and has been used to charge preachers speaking against homosexuality.

The House of Lords voted 150-54 last week to remove the word “insulting” from Section 5 of the Public Order Act.  A speaker violates the law if he “uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior … within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby.”