ATLANTA — A federal judge has issued an order abolishing restrictive speech codes at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Two Christian students involved in the case were denied the opportunity to express their faith because the university bans speech deemed “intolerant.”
The Center for Academic Freedom at the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) agreed to intervene. The order from the court will replace the school’s current speech code with one that respects students’ constitutional rights to free speech.
David French, senior legal counsel for ADF, said officials at Georgia Tech have agreed to the terms of the new order, which prohibit the university from changing its new student speech policy without court approval for the next five years.
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