After hearing the National Preachers Conference’s “messages of hate” last year, the Student Government Association decided to host a Block Out Hate Rally on Thursday, where students could enjoy free food, live music and an inflatable bouncy house.
When a group of controversial street preachers descended on the University of North Texas on Thursday holding signs that called Black Lives Matter"racist thugs," it inspired the Student Government Association to respond with an alternative event.
Christina Pierce, whose son is a sophomore at the school, told Newsweek that her “heart was heavy” when she saw pictures of the signs. She finds hate and bigotry upsetting generally, but when it targets her son, who describes himself as a “proud bisexual American,” she says 'mama bear' comes out. Devon Skinner, a junior at the university, told Newsweek the street preachers were standing on “free speech zones” on campus, public property where they can’t be removed. Since they had a legal right to peacefully protest in the area, Skinner applauded the Student Government Association for hosting an alternative event.
Along with the student-run event, the school designated a room in the University Union building as a safe space on Thursday and Friday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Newsweek reached out to the university but did not receive an immediate response.
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