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I will say right up front that I do not approve of the injudicious chant by members of SAE as reported in the press. But like it or not, approve of the chant or not, what happen to the Bill of Rights where we have the right to free speech in this country? They weren't yelling "fire" in a crowded theater so it shouldn't be prohibited speech. They were kicked off campus because one group didn't like what the other group was chanting. Well, boo hoo. That's not how free speech works. Free speech is not speech that everyone necessarily agrees with. But it is protected speech.

SAE fraternity should considering suing the university and it's president, for violation of their civil rights under the US Constitution. Someone needs to start standing up to and defending our rights in this country. This is as good a time and place to start as any.

What does this have to do with the First Amendment? The government hasn't said it's illegal to say what they did?

If teachers at Oklahoma University were teaching that Christianity and Judaism were inferior religion and the U.S. should be under sharia law, would you think that they should be allowed to because of the First Amendment?

The government doesn't say they can't say those things, but it doesn't mean they can say it in class. It doesn't mean they will not have nongovernmental repercussions.

But like it or not, approve of the chant or not, what happen to the Bill of Rights where we have the right to free speech in this country?

They, as private individuals, were free to chant what they want. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and a private organization, were free to kick them out for it. The University of Oklahoma, as owners of a frat house that was no longer associated with the school, was free to expel them. It's a very free society.