Censorship of The Advocate

David Daleiden put out issues of The Advocate, a pro-Life magazine producer by a friend of ours, Lila Rose of Live Action fame. David is the president of Claremont's Live Action group.

David and I have had disagreements over the tactics of the pro-Life movement, but I have always found him a passionate, articulate force for his views. I commend him for his tenacity and his courage. David is always up for a debate -- I was once his debate partner on the CMC team -- and he is always civil. Even when his partner urged more aggressive tactics.

Still, it pained me greatly to see that other members of the Claremont colleges are far less tolerant of his right to speech as he is to theirs. I saw dozens of The Advocate ripped up and thrown on the ground.

I would remind whoever destroyed it that it is a crime to interfere with the press, though I doubt we'll get any emails from what was obviously a bias-related incident.