[lbo-talk] indiscreet question

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 4 15:50:11 PDT 2005


[also via the Progressive Review]

STUDENT ARRESTED AT ANN COULTER TALK FOR ASKING DIFFICULT QUESTION <http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/05/04/TopStories/Arrest.Made.At.Coulter.Speech-947529.shtml>

YASHODA SAMPATH, DAILY TEXAN - Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by Ann Coulter, an extreme right-wing pundit, at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. Shouts became so pervasive during the question-and-answer session that Coulter informed the organizers she would no longer take questions if the hecklers were not silenced. For a time, the shouts were considerably lessened, until the issue of gay marriage was broached.

Coulter said she supported the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman on the basis that a good woman civilizes and inspires a man to strive for something better, leading to a question that was met with a stunned silence.

"You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage," said Ajai Raj, an English sophomore. "How do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but fuck his wife up the ass?"

UT Police officers approached Raj to arrest him, resulting in a mass exodus of protesters chanting, "Let him go.". . .

According to Jeffrey Stockerwell, a friend of Raj, officers violently seized Raj and illegally searched him after his question. Police have charged Raj with disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor.



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