Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) has been ordered to pay a Christian student $80,000 for silencing her conservative views as part of a lawsuit settlement.
In her lawsuit, the student claimed that SIUE had censored her speech and discriminated against her after other students complained about her conservative and pro-life social media posts, according to aMan hands palm up praying and worship of cross, eucharist therapy bless god helping, hope and faith, christian religion concept on sunset background.
The settlement also reportedly demands that SIUE officials revise their student handbook and policies to “ensure students with varying political, religious and ideological views are welcome in the art therapy program.”that she had frequently participated in class discussions on “contentious” topics, such as race relations, religion, the Chinese coronavirus, and censorship.
The legal group added that the university has asked DeJong’s peers to report her for “harmful rhetoric” and issued the orders without first allowing the conservative student to defend herself.
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