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Last fall, when Louisiana State University student Deanna Candler decided to distribute written pro-life materials as part of the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity, she was told that she must register with the Office of Campus Life and that if there was space available for the day she wanted to hand out literature, she was limited to distributing her materials in \u201cFree Speech Alley,\u201d an area of approximately 1,000 square feet. Candler, through her attorneys at Alliance Defendant Freedom, brought a lawsuit challenging this school policy. The Complaint\u00a0points out the absurdity<\/a> of the area known as \u201cFree Speech Alley\u201d:<\/p>\n

Thus, on a campus that measure over 28,000,000 square feet and that has a student population of nearly 30,000 students, students and students organizations are limited to an area of approximately 1,000 square feet, or 0.0035% of campus, where they may be permitted to distribute literature if there is sufficient space.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Deanna-Candler\"

Deanna Candler.<\/p><\/div>\n

Furthermore, LSU did not have a set policy for determining whether or not a student could speak in Free Speech Alley. In order for there to be restrictions on speech, restrictions<\/a> \u201cmust be content-neutral, narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and leave open ample alternative channels of communication.\u201d\u00a0 Candler and her attorneys argued that LSU\u2019s policy failed all three parts of the test.<\/p>\n

The Complaint also points out the risk<\/a> that Candler took if she were to violate the school\u2019s policy:<\/p>\n

[I]f Plaintiff attempts to comply with her religious convictions by sharing her religious, pro-life beliefs with other students on the sidewalks and open spaces around the law school, in the library quadrangle, or in the vicinity of LSU\u2019s worship centers, Defendants\u2019 policies subject her to the threat of disciplinary probation, deferred suspension, suspension, or expulsion, all of which may be imposed with or without secondary conditions and\/or restrictions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alliance Defending Freedom announced last week that LSU has released revised policies<\/a>, which will allow Candler and others to hand out materials throughout most of the campus without first obtaining approval.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Tedesco, one of the Allied attorneys representing Candler, believes that the new revised policy<\/a> will allow for free speech:<\/p>\n

The university is supposed to be the marketplace of ideas.\u00a0 LSU\u2019s revised policy now allows students to practice their constitutionally protected freedom of speech as America\u2019s founders intended.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now Deanna Candler is free to hand out pro-life materials to her fellow students!<\/p>\n

Editor’s note:\u00a0Deanna is a contributor to Live Action News. You can read her writing here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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