College students have a clear rights have clear rights on campuses. Public universities should uphold the First Amendment and private universities should abide by their own stated free speech policies. In addition, Public universities must protect students' other First Amendment freedoms, including freedom of assembly and freedom from religious persecution. Yet these protections are not always upheld. Students in certain religions, religious, political and single sex organizations are under attack, sometimes, unfortunately, by the same institutions whose mandate is to protect them. (01:41–01:52)
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Asserts the obligation of public universities to protect various First Amendment rights.
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