Resolution 91-20: POLITICALLY CORRECT SPEECH
| Number | 91-20 |
| Description | Freedom of Speech |
| Authored by |
Andrew Ternay |
| Sponsored by |
Il Jang Terri Talbert Tracey Cox |
| Date Submitted | Monday, April 15, 1991 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, September 24, 1991 |
| General Body Vote | Thursday, January 1, 1970 |
| Committee | Student Affairs |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | IMPLEMENTED |
| Whereas | "Politically Correct" speech has spread to many college campuses across the nation; and |
| Whereas | Some of these campuses have banned certain forms of speech and press deemed "offensive"; and |
| Whereas | Student Congress already contains the mechanisms to express disapproval for "offensive" speech via a resolution of condemnation (like the Hooter's bill); and |
| Whereas | State and Federal courts are already declaring such aforementioned bans forms of prior restraints upon speech and press and as such illegal and unconstitutional; and |
| Whereas | UTA is a state institution, governed by the Constitution of the United States of America as applied to the states by the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Bill of Rights. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | The Student Congress of UTA formally embrace and endorse both the literal meaning of the First Amendment and the spirit behind the words of the Amendment by resolving to make No Law (or resolution) abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of the people to peaceably assemble. |