'Jesus stomping' incident raises freedom of conscience and speech issues for both sides of debate

Ryan Rotela isn't talking any more about how he won an apology from Florida Atlantic University after he first faced discipline for complaining that a class exercise offended his religious beliefs. But the controversy has a lot of other people talking about the wisdom of desecrating religious symbols to provoke classroom discussion. It's also prompted dialogue about the abuse of speech codes on college campuses to prevent students or faculty from saying something the administration doesn't like.

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