Student Sues University Over ‘No-Contact’ Orders After Christian Statements

A Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate student sued the school Tuesday for civil-rights violations after she was issued three “no-contact” orders involving peers who disagreed with her conservative and Christian beliefs.

Maggie DeJong “suffered sleeplessness, anxiety, chest pains, feelings of sadness, loss of appetite, weight loss, lack of concentration, harm to her reputation, and future loss of employment and wages” because of the orders involving the art therapy counseling major, her lawyers said.

Attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a public interest law firm representing Ms. DeJong, say the student’s views were “informed by her Christian faith and political stance” and were reported by at least three students to school officials.

The complaints resulted in the “no-contact” orders, which were copied to campus police.

The school did not give Ms. DeJong, 26, an opportunity to defend herself, and did not identify any policy or rule violation, the ADF attorneys said. (Read more from “Student Sues University Over ‘No-Contact’ Orders After Christian Statements” HERE)

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