Free Speech Watchdog Says University Discriminates Against Conservatives

Free Speech Watchdog Says University Discriminates Against Conservatives
Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, speaks at the High School Leadership Summit, a Turning Point USA event, at George Washington University in Washington on July 26, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
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The University of Scranton discriminates against conservative students, according to a nonpartisan watchdog group.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a free-speech advocacy organization based in Philadelphia, says the Pennsylvania school’s student government engaged in viewpoint-based discrimination when it refused to recognize a chapter of Turning Point USA, a conservative group that supports the policies of President Donald Trump and educates students about the dangers of socialism.