Students throughout the country who want a free and liberal education should look to the public universities of Colorado, thanks to the Colorado Legislature, Republican Sen. Tim Neville and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.

The governor last week signed Senate Bill 62, which The Gazette’s editorial board supported from moments after Neville introduced it early in this legislative session. The new law does something we never thought was needed in a country founded on free speech. It prohibits government universities from limiting, restricting or curtailing peaceful protests, assemblies, voter registration drives, campaigning and other forms of expression.

It may be unpopular to stand on campus with a sign opposing abortion, but campus authorities can no longer forbid such expressions or banish them to obscure “free speech zones” simply because some students object to the message.

Read more at The Colorado Springs Gazette.