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FIRE successfully defended the free speech rights of PETA member Eliana Campos, a student at Seminole Community College near Orlando. Administrators had prohibited Campos from distributing PETA's literature on campus, but she took her case to FIRE and won.
Hat Tip Charles Mitchell (who also provides more background) at The Torch.
I agree. If PETA trusts FIRE to defend its rights, that also says a lot about FIRE's credibility.
Although I don't like PETA and their attitutde is highly suspective, I still feel good, when freedom of speech is defended successfully.