Thursday, July 10, 2014

University pays YAL to settle anti-discrimination suit

University of Michigan pays libertarian student group to settle political discrimination lawsuit - Ann Arbor Journal - Heritage Newspapers:

July 10, 2014 - "The University of Michigan has settled a lawsuit brought by a student libertarian club after the university spent thousands supporting leftist campus groups while denying funding to campus conservative and libertarian clubs.

"The university agreed to pay the U-M Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) a sum of $5,000 plus attorney fees for denying the student group funding toward an event hosted by anti-affirmative action activist Jennifer Gratz....

"The student government denied YAL's request for financial support of Gratz's visit, citing a policy of not funding 'political' events.

"YAL filed suit when they discovered the student government had approved funding for a radical pro-affirmative action group's bus trip to Washington D.C. to protest at the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of affirmative action."

Read more:  http://www.heritage.com/articles/2014/07/10/ann_arbor_journal/news/doc53beeb3b819a4101849259.txt?viewmode=fullstory
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