Civil liberties group FIRE is asking George Mason University students attempting to disinvite Gov. Glenn Youngkin as commencement speaker to engage with differing views.
A civil liberties group is urging students atto respect differing viewpoints following their calls to remove Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin from the institution's commencement ceremony.
"GMU students may disagree with Gov. Glenn Youngkin and are free to voice their opposition through protest," FIRE program officer Anne Marie Tamburro said in a statement to Fox News Digital."But calls for GMU to disinvite Youngkin are calls for censorship antithetical to students’ intellectual development and GMU’s mission to 'embrace a multitude of people and ideas.'"
FIRE has recorded more than 40 attempts to disinvite speakers from U.S. college campuses since the start of 2022, with the majority of those efforts aiming to cancel conservative guests, according to the group's Disinvitation Database. The petition, launched by senior Alaina Ruffin, has more than 6,300 signatures as of early Tuesday morning.
"Selecting a speaker that has passed anti-trans legislation, promoted the abolishment of racial equity curricula, and restricted the availability of literature in public schools is an intentional target towards historically marginalized communities comprising Mason," Ruffin wrote."It is harmful and disrespectful to the many students who continuously shape GMU's community to bring in an individual who has also neglected the needs of Virginians.
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