UCLA locks doors on conservative students, preventing them from hosting pro-Israel event: YAF Fox News
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UCLApreventedconservativestudentsoncampusfromhostingthefounderofJihadWatch,RobertSpencer,forapro-Israelevent,accordingtothestudentgroup.
“IamdeeplydisappointedinUCLA’sfailuretoprotectourFirstAmendmentrights,”MatthewWeinberg,chairmanofUCLAYoungAmericansforFreedomchapter,saidinaYAFpressrelease.“AllwewantedwasasuccessfulPro-Israeleventwherepeopleofallbackgroundsandviewpointscanengageinthefreeexchangeofideasandhearadifferentperspectivenotheardacrossuniversitycampuses,andtheschoolmadethatimpossible.Thisisnothingbutanactofpurecowardice.”
TheYoungAmerican’sFoundation,anonprofitconservativeyouthorganization,invitedSpencertodeliveraspeechonWednesday,but“thedoorsoftheBruinViewpointRoomwerelocked,”acc
