In March of 2006 The Liberty University of Lynchburg Virginia arrested gay rights Advocates on their campus.Liberty University is a public campus which means they receive federal funding.Universities that are private do not obtain funds from the government. Liberty University is a public Baptist campus which means it receives funds from the United States government.Public universities are required to comply with Title-IX.This prevents Colleges from discriminating against LGBT students and applicants based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual preference.However, campuses like Liberty University find ways to be exempt from this bill. This leads to the questions Should all public colleges comply with Title IX? Is accepting LGBT students just a means to increase campus diversity statics? Why do colleges punish LGBT students for showing sexuality on campuses? In this paper, I will analyze whether all colleges private and public should comply with Title IX, if sexual orientation has to do with the admission process, and whether campuses lie about being accepting of the LGBT community. Liberty University has donated over $60,000 to end Title IX. Many senators Have come out with support for the LGBT community where others have classified them as Sinful Christians. Liberty University has helped these Senators with funds to help end this bill. Which leaves the question should all colleges have to comply with Title IX. Calvin College said, “We believe that
Richard Mohr believes that outing closeted homosexuals is morally justified. He argues that sexual orientation is not a private matter and therefore, does not violate a homosexual's right to privacy. He believes that outing will increase the homosexual community by creating positive role models. He argues that remaining in the closet is morally debasing and creates indignity to one's self. Claudia Card on the other hand, argues almost the complete opposite. She takes a utilitarian stance on outing "the big secret." The big secret is referring to one being a homosexual. She believes that outing is justified as long as it does no harm, which she believes is unlikely.
Universities that have been trying to quash free speech have encountered some court reversals of their attempts. But campus leftists have not given up. The newest university gambit to limit speech mirrors the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines concerning sexual harassment in the workplace, (creating a hostile environment) or they attempt to base their speech code on the "fighting words" doctrine enunciated by the Court in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
While the First Amendment does protect the right to freedom of speech, university officials have some authority in defining the limitations of freedom of speech and press on a campus setting. However, this mostly applies to private colleges, as students enrolled in public universities often receive protection under the First
According to some theories, this should limit the ability of these institutions to restrict the First Amendment rights of their students because these institutions are technically branches of the government and it would be unconstitutional for the government to limit freedoms of speech or the press. Private colleges and universities should theoretically should have more power to limit the rights of their students because they are not a government entity (Sarabyn, n.d.). The Hazelwood, Kincaid and Hosty cases, however, show that this is not true because these cases all involve public
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding free speech on college campuses. Our first amendment gives us the right of Free Speech but many groups retain the ability to censor it within their own organisation, such as in the workplace and in both public and private lower education. I believe that the ability should be extended to colleges and universities (both public and private). Students should have the right to be at school while feeling physically safe. An example of this right being violated because of someone else’s “free speech” was last spring at American University in which bananas were strung up on nooses around campus with AKA (a historically-black sorority) labeled on them the day after AU’s first black female student
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972, are a specific set of laws that prohibit any entity that receives any kind of federal funding, regardless of how it’s received or whether they are Public or Private, from discriminating based upon sex. This can mean via Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or grants received via the Federal Government for building or renovations. It also forbids sexual harassment (Title). However, one question remains unanswered; “Does Title IX cover sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination?”
I give the ACLU a lot of credit for protecting the student’s constitutional rights of free speech. The student body should have access and freedom to search and gather information about LGBT issues for assignments, research or simply for self-knowledge. As long as the websites are in good taste and does not contain anything sexual or inappropriate activities that will harm or misinform the students. Furthermore, the school did the right thing of rescinding their action of violating the student’s rights of free speech. They have done a great job of peacefully allowing the websites to be accessible and avoid the federal court to make the decision in favor of ACLU, because they clearly violated a constitutional right.
You see someone being bullied at school due to their sexuality. What do you do? What can be changed to fix this? All men are created equal? The LGBTQ community should not be experiencing bullying or anytime of harassment during school, parents of those who are LGBTQ should not abandon their child and lastly the LGBTQ community should not be discriminated by not allowed them to enter a public place.
While it is often difficult to legislate morality, many conservative, religious groups seek to do just that. Intolerance and occasionally blatant homophobic views of homosexuality in society perpetuates hostility towards LGBTQIA+ students. “Victimhood” is a strategy that the religious right
For centuries being interested in the same sex was taboo. Most people who were interested in the the same sex had to live a double life. As time passed our society have become more acceptable to homosexualityl and other forms of sexualities. Now people are free to live with anyone they choose. In fear of safety it wouldn’t be wise for the government to construct new colleges for the LGBT, due to the fact that this will be a new form of segregation and being profiling in work field.
This issue exists in my opinion, for a couple of varied reasons. The first and likely most important reason behind this limited academic freedom has to deal with retention and attrition. Working at a for-profit higher education institution the bottom line is often what drives many of the decisions being made. The only way the school makes money is if they have a continuous stream of students enrolling every quarter to take their courses. When instructors have higher than average attrition rates and decreasing retention rates administration feels the need to step in and make changes that prevent this from occurring. Many times, students are not passing courses or leaving the school for various other reasons outside of academics, however, administration
Granting great progress has been made for the rights of our Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) community since the 1970’s, there is still a presence of personal and institutionalized homophobia in rural settings such as Kentucky. Evidence of such homophobia was displayed in some of the public school districts, where harassment of actual and perceived gay students is rampant, and school policies fall short of protecting the students’ rights, and in most recent events where Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis refused to issue marriage license to gay couples.
LGBT people and economic development need to freedom from police abuse, freedom from workplace discrimination, freedom from violence, freedom from disease, and freedom to be educated.
School policies without school administrators and teachers involved would not effectively help students who are facing prejudice. Many public schools do not have effective policies that protects LGBT students from discrimination. Even if policies ensure LGBT students to feel safe, “progress is uneven” and still lacks protection (Thoreson). The GLSEN(Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) concluded that
College campuses demand equality amongst all students. In contrast, the daily wire reported that out 450 colleges in the United States 40 percent have free speech codes that go against the first amendment (Devlin). Due to their government funding, universities must respect the first amendment. Colleges have the right to institute policies vested their interest in the safety and the progressiveness of