The storm of censorship on college campuses continues to swirl around the country.
In just the past two weeks, students in Texas sought to shout down an invited speaker, and Oregon students silenced their own college president.
But on college campuses and in state legislatures, defenders of free speech are pushing back. With some adjustment, a new proposal in Ohio looks promising.
Last week, Ohio lawmakers assigned a bill to committee to help preserve free speech on Ohio’s public college campuses. Sponsored by state Reps. Wesley Goodman, R-Cardington, and Andrew Brenner, R-Powell, the proposal prohibits state-funded schools from disinviting campus lecturers based on the content of their expression.
The proposal maintains that public colleges and universities must commit themselves to being bastions of free speech: