Press Releases

2003 Press Releases

December

• 12/22/2003, Gonzaga Law School Bans Christian Pro-Life Group, Calling Christian Leadership Requirement ‘Discriminatory’: Catholic University Calls Religious Requirements ‘Discriminatory’,
  FIRE Press Release
• 12/09/2003, Texas Tech Loosens Speech Restrictions, But Some Repressive Policies Remain: FIRE's National Speech Codes Litigation Project Continues,
  FIRE Press Release

November

• 11/25/2003, Victory: Gonzaga Revokes ‘Hate Speech’ Punishment: College Republicans Disciplined for Printing Book Title "Why the Left Hates America" on Fliers,
  FIRE Press Release
• 11/19/2003, Purdue Recognizes Campus Group's Religious Liberty,
  FIRE Press Release
• 11/10/2003, Religious Liberty in Peril on Campus, National Surveys Reveal,
  FIRE Press Release

October

• 10/28/2003, U.S. Senate to Discuss Speech Codes,
  FIRE Press Release
• 10/03/2003, FIRE Coalition Shatters Window Display Censorship Policy at University of Alabama,
  FIRE Press Release

September

• 09/25/2003, Cal Poly in Court for Violating First Amendment: FIRE and CIR Sue Administrators, Seeking Vindication of Student Rights,
  FIRE Press Release
• 09/05/2003, Federal Court Orders Shippensburg University Not To Enforce ‘Unconstitutional’ Speech Code: FIRE’s Lawsuit To Proceed,
  FIRE Press Release

August

• 08/22/2003, Lawsuit Already Shakes Speech Codes at Shippensburg University: Inaugural lawsuit is the beginning of a systematic assault on the repression of freedom of expression in higher education,
  FIRE Press Release
• 08/12/2003, In Landmark Letter, Office for Civil Rights Clarifies the Law and Vindicates Free Speech on Campus,
  FIRE Press Release

July

• 07/12/2003, Lawsuit Challenges Speech Code and “Free Speech Gazebo” at Texas Tech: FIRE Continues Assault against Speech Codes on Public Campuses,
  FIRE Press Release

June

• 06/11/2003, Victory: Speech Code Falls at Citrus College,
  FIRE Press Release

May

• 05/20/2003, Lawsuit Challenges California Speech Code: Citrus College Criminalizes and Quarantines Free Expression,
  FIRE Press Release
• 05/08/2003, Victory for Equality and Free Speech at the University of Miami: University Belatedly Approves Conservative Student Group,
  FIRE Press Release
• 05/08/2003, Victory for Equality and Free Speech at the University of Miami,
  FIRE Press Release
• 05/02/2003, University of Miami Rejects Conservative Student Group,
  FIRE Press Release

April

• 04/23/2003, FIRE Declares War on Speech Codes: Lawsuit Opens Systematic Assault on Censorship in Higher Education,
  FIRE Press Release
• 04/08/2003, Victory for Fundamental Fairness at Harvard: U.S. Government Upholds Legality of Due Process,
  FIRE Press Release
• 04/02/2003, Victory for Freedom of Conscience: Rutgers University Lifts Ban on Christian Student Group,
  FIRE Press Release

March

• 03/27/2003, Victory for Free Speech and Free Association at Virginia Tech,
  FIRE Press Release
• 03/11/2003, A New Strategy of Guides to Student Rights on Campus: Ed Meese and Nadine Strossen Join in Celebration of FIRE's Achievement,
  FIRE Press Release
• 03/07/2003, Victory for Freedom of Conscience at Citrus College; Coerced Student Anti-War Letters Repudiated by Administration,
  FIRE Press Release

February

• 02/25/2003, FIRE and Constitutional Rights at the University of South Florida,
  FIRE Press Release
• 02/13/2003, President of Shaw University Fires a Professor and Evicts a Student for "Disloyalty",
  FIRE Press Release

January

• 01/08/2003, Harvard Business School Dean Expresses Regret, Promises Freedom of Speech,
  FIRE Press Release
• 01/07/2003, Victory for Religious Liberty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
  FIRE Press Release
• 01/02/2003, Victory for Religious Liberty at UNC,
  FIRE Press Release
• 01/01/2003, Victory for Religious Liberty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
  FIRE Press Release

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