Gay Lib v. University of Missouri, 558 F. 2d 848 (8th Cir. 1977), was a court case in 1977 about discrimination in

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recognition at state universities, namely the

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. The case reached the

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. The courts determined that "the University, acting here as an instrumentality of the State, has no right to restrict

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'simply because it finds the views expressed to be abhorrent'."

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