A University of Rochester student is accusing the college of violating his First Amendment rights after a residence hall adviser reportedly forced him to remove a Confederate flag from his dorm room window over the “discomfort" it was causing.
Matthew Papay, a 19-year-old sophomore from Weaverville, N.C., says the flag was hanging in the window of his residence hall on campus in early October when graduate house adviser Catherine Christian told him to remove it, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports.
In an Oct. 11 email to Papay, Christian told him that the flag violated the fire code, claiming it was acting as a drape, which is against housing policy.
Papay then removed the flag and replaced it with a paper version after confirming with fire marshals that the new one would comply with regulations.
But Christian responded again, saying that her supervisor told her that people were complaining about the Confederate flag.
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If it had been a mexican, al-Qeada, black panther or gay pride flag he would have been fast tracked to a Master's degree then offered a job with tenure, Sooner or later the SHTF moment will be here.
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