Georgia Tech Changes Policy That Denied Funding for Events Based on Speakers’ Views

Georgia Tech Changes Policy That Denied Funding for Events Based on Speakers’ Views
Eli Attie (L) and Dr. Alveda King at the 'Politics and Dirty Tricks' panel during Politicon at Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif., on July 30, 2017. Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Politicon
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Georgia Institute of Technology has agreed to change its policy regarding funding for student events after a student group sued the school for its decision to withhold funding for events that it disagrees politically with.

The Students for Life chapter at the university filed a lawsuit in April after the university’s student government body denied funding for a speaker event featuring Dr. Alveda King, the niece of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), lawyers representing the pro-life group.