As Yellowhammer reported last week, pro-life student group Bama Students for Life (BSL) had their display removed from the Ferguson student center by a university official. The official was recorded saying that BSL was “lucky” the display had stayed as long as it did.
BSL sent a letter to the university following the incident standing up for their First Amendment rights, and requesting that the university right the wrong.
This week the director of the Ferguson center emailed an apology to BSL,
“Please accept my apology that your display was removed without your knowledge two days before your reserved time expired. You have two options available to you to complete your 30-day reservation. The same display case will be available for two days starting February 22nd, or the case between the SGA office and the office of the Dean of Students is available this week for two days.”
Based on the university’s previous silent history with First Amendment issues, this apology is definitely progress for free speech on the state’s flagship campus.
Elizabeth BeShears is the Executive Director of Alabama Citizens for Media Accountability, a non-profit watchdog group dedicated to exposing liberal bias in the Alabama and national media.
