Celebrating free speech, BYU style

David Magleby
Dean of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Brigham Young University

Dear Dr. Magleby,

It's not easy for a liberal-infested academic institution to openly show its support for Our Leader's Glorious Conservative Christian Cultural Revolution. It's even harder for such an institution to put those revolutionary principles into practice. That's why I'm so proud that the university of my people, BYU, chose to celebrate free speech by banning the showing of a politically-themed documentary.

Of course I'm referring to your decision to bar the film, This Divided State, from being shown on campus. It was the right thing to do. Our adult children shouldn't be exposed to "cuss words" like the ones used in that film. Expletives in political documentaries may not be a big deal in the secular world, but dang it, hearing them is a gateway sin--eventually, it will lead to greater sins like drinking coffee or playing dominoes. Thank our Heavenly Father, you were there to intervene.

It's too bad that such filth is being passed off as art now days. It makes it hard for those of us who try to avoid worldly temptations--the peer pressure to see R-rated pornography like Schindler's List can be very hard to resist. Thankfully, with a little prayer, and a lot of red punch and green jello we can find the strength needed to resist such temptation.

Heterosexually yours,

Gen. JC Christian, patriot

Elsewhere: my review of This Divided State