After being faced with a five-month witch-hunt investigation, the College Republicans at San Francisco State University are suing to have the school's speech code struck down and the First Amendment upheld in its place.

San Francisco State University was sued for allegedly violating students' right to free speech when it investigated an incident during which students stomped on flags bearing the name of Allah.

The Alliance Defense Fund and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs — the College Republicans club and two of its members.

The case charges the university with having violated the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights by dragging them through a five-month investigation and campus tribunal after they stepped on Hamas and Hezbollah flags during an anti-terrorism rally. The flags bear the Muslim name for God, Allah.

"The Supreme Court ruled long ago that the First Amendment protects the right to burn even an American flag in political protest," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said in a statement. "There are no special protections for Hamas and Hezbollah flags. SFSU knew this, and there is no excuse for putting these students through a five-month ordeal."

remember -- this is a school that also regularly allows anti-Semitic rallies in support of the Terrorstinian cause, but which has punished Jewish students who have been assaulted while counter-protesting. And lest the religious favoritism of the school's policies and practices be lost, please remember that the school's spokesperson made it clear that the CRs who are suing now were investigated and prosecuted under the school's speech code for "the desecration of Allah" -- a sign that there is a grievous double-standard regarding religious speech and an establishment of the religion of Islam as uniquely protected by this state university.

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