Pat Robertson's Regent University gets sued by law student

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A Regent University law student who was suspended for posting an unflattering photo of school founder Pat Robertson on the Internet sued the university and Robertson on Thursday.

Adam M. Key, 23, claims in the federal suit that Regent officials violated his free speech and due process rights for expressing his "Christian religious and political opinions" when it suspended him in October. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Texas, where Key lives.

Key posted a picture of Regent's chancellor and president making what appears to be an obscene gesture on his Facebook social-networking page. Key said he copied the photo from an online video in which Robertson scratches his face with his middle finger.

Regent officials said the posting violated standards of conduct that prohibit the display of obscene material outside an academic context. The school suspended Key pending a mental health evaluation after he refused to publicly apologize for the posting or successfully defend it in a legal brief.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-robertsoncritic1129nov29,0,6676979.story?coll=dp-travel-bothead

[yardwork]

1. Laugh. Out. Loud. Produce snakes - reap the rewards.

[Warpy]

2. I've read a few interviews with that guy and find a lot of reasons

to like him. Apparently, he's a sincere Christian who went searching for a place that reflected his personal values and got disillusioned pretty quickly at Regent. He's bright and articulate, the type of student who would be an asset at any school that prized questioning and thinking. Oops.

I hope he wins the suit for enough money to pay his way through a real law school. He will make a fine lawyer.

[thereismore]

3. pending a mental health evaluation? Are these guys insane? Oh yeah, they are. nt

[Turbineguy]

4. Link?

to the picture that is. I'm a collector.:evilgrin:

[ck4829]

5. This is probably it, it's not an original however