Pro-life group denied right to participate in fair

Pro-life group denied right to participate in fair

BEREA, Ohio — A pro-life student group in Ohio was turned away from participating in a sexual health awareness fair at a Methodist college after being told they fail to promote “sex positivity.”

The LGBT group that organized the event at Baldwin Wallace University said they did not feel the Nov. 3 fair was “an appropriate setting” for the message of the pro-life group, according to The Christian Post.

Bryan Istenes, president of Baldwin Wallace Right-to-Life, said they simply wanted to educate students about the physical, mental and emotional consequences of abortion and let them know there were other options available.

Morgan Getts, Ohio Regional Coordinator for Students for Life of America, said the LGBT group’s decision to deny them the freedom to participate is part of an “unfortunate strain of prejudice” at the school.

Pro-life messages written in chalk around campus also have been erased, with other students celebrating those who have done the erasing. Istenes said he’s “not mad people disagreed with what I wrote, I am mad they violated my free speech rights,” according to the Post. (TAB)