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Jamie Raskin: “I think that Liberty University, for example, should no more be able to exclude a gay student group than Harvard or…”

On the recordJune 1, 2015
I think that Liberty University, for example, should no more be able to exclude a gay student group than Harvard or Berkeley should be able to exclude an antigay student group.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin advocates for equal free speech rights across all universities, public and private.

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