EXCLUSIVE – A Christian pupil, who sued his enterprise professor for forcing her class to fund an entity which fundraised for Planned Parenthood and different progressive political causes, stated that his Christian beliefs propelled him to struggle again.

“My cash is in the hands of Planned Parenthood,” Nathan Barbieri, a Michigan State University College of Business sophomore learning finance, stated. He advised Fox News Digital in an interview that he was “very upset” about it. 

“For me, as a Christian, it’s our calling. We’re supposed to expose the bad things that happen and not just sit back and… be abused. That’s our job,” he stated. 

Barbieri is considered one of two students suing his former enterprise advertising professor, Amy Wisner, who identifies as an “intersectional feminist.” The college advised Fox News Digital that Wisner is no longer employed at the establishment. Her Instagram equally mirrored that she is a “former business communication professor.”

The lawsuit was filed Thursday by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a authorized group defending non secular freedom and First Amendment rights. 

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According to the lawsuit, the “far-left” professor compelled every of her 600 students to pay $99 for a membership, which collectively might have amounted to at most $59,400 for an entity referred to as ‘The Rebellion Community.'”

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Wisner stated, “The Rebellion neighborhood is a secure place to coordinate our efforts to burn all the things to the f—ing floor,” according to the lawsuit. A post of Wisner’s Facebook page said, “100% of membership charges are donated to Planned Parenthood.” Other causes it supported included those “dismantling oppressive methods.”

The university said that its business school personally refunded students for their contributions to “The Rebellion Community,” however Barbieri stated it wasn’t sufficient. 

“I funded that. And till that cash is introduced again, till it’s out of [the professor’s] palms, it is nonetheless with Planned Parenthood, or it is nonetheless being going in the direction of an unethical group,” he said. 

The lawsuit is seeking to bring about a policy change at the university. 

ADF’s senior counsel Tyson Langhofer said, “We’re mainly asking for all the cash that she obtained to be given again to the students after which to make sure that this does not occur once more. Nathan has two extra years at the faculty. He does not need professors to find a way to do that. So we’re asking the courtroom to order the college not to permit this to occur in the future.” 

“I maintain true to my Christian beliefs,” said Barbieri. “[My faith] actually pushed me to get on the market and do one thing about it, as a result of I knew if I did not, you already know, and if no one else did, what stops this from taking place time and again.”

The second student who sued the professor, echoed Barbieri’s concern. “I shouldn’t have to pay for my professor’s political activism… This is a matter of free speech and I hope that the college modifications its coverage in order that different students by no means have to pay costly charges towards causes they don’t consider in,” Nolan Radomski told Fox News.

Additionally, the “Rebellion Community” is controlled by the professor herself, which raised additional ethical concerns, the lawsuit said. 

“I’ve seen loads of dangerous actions in my litigation, however that is undoubtedly considered one of the high ones as a result of she’s bought 600 students at her mercy, and he or she did abuse that energy,” the ADF legal professional stated. 

“Not solely was it improper in what she was doing. I imply… you should not be taking cash for political activism out of your students, particularly forcefully as a result of you’ll be able to’t move the class with out this. But undoubtedly discovering out, seeing Planned Parenthood and organizations like that are fully in opposition to my non secular and my political views actually struck me,” Barbieri said.

ADF counsel explained that “professors cannot pressure students to fund political organizations as a requirement for a tutorial course.”

“What Professor Wisner did right here was fully out of the unusual. She mainly fabricated a requirement, put it on the syllabus to be a part of this web site, which had nothing to do with the course, and he or she might have used the free platform that the college gives, which each and every different professor makes use of,” ADF counsel said. “And then to try this solely that so she might fund her personal political activism. And so not solely did she use this as her personal ideological mechanism to pressure the students to hear to her activism, however then she compelled them to fund her outdoors activism and sort of double down on that. And I feel that is a that is an issue. And public universities simply cannot permit that to occur.”

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Wisner didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

MSU stated, “The college doesn’t touch upon pending litigation.”