Two George Mason University (GMU) law students won a lawsuit on Friday after they faced no-contact orders from school officials for speaking out against a proposal for feminine hygiene products to be included in male restrooms. The conservative law firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) sued GMU in federal court for enforcing its Title IX and Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion sexual harassment policy against Selene Cerankosky and Maria Arcara.
“Universities—especially law schools—should be places of debate and discussion, and GMU has shown its commitment to this ideal with the settlement it reached”George Mason University students win lawsuit after criticizing proposal to add tampons in men’s restroom
“Universities—especially law schools—should be places of debate and discussion, and GMU has shown its commitment to this ideal with the settlement it reached with Selene and Maria,” said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom. Cerankosky and Arcara, third-year students at Antonin Scalia Law School, were participating in a classroom online chat in September, in which they addressed another student’s proposal for GMU to allow tampons in the men’s restroom.
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