Conservative activists across the cyber world are rallying behind a Palm Beach State College student whose Young Americans for Freedom organization was booted out of a campus club event last week.

The group’s Florida chapter posted a video on its website showing a police officer asking PBSC student Christina Beattie to remove her table at a campus rush event, where student clubs recruit new members.

Beattie and the organization’s Florida president, Daniel Diaz, were displaying literature critical of President Obama’s healthcare legislation, stimulus program and the nation’s “unsustainable welfare state.”

While the group said its first amendment rights were violated by a pro-Obama college administration, the school said the group simply didn’t follow rules.

“They never registered as a campus club, and that’s all they need to do to be fully recognized,” said PBSC spokeswoman Grace Truman. “You can’t just come in, set up a table and say you’re forming a club. Student clubs get student activity money that are paid for by student activities fee. The college needs to be very clear who the clubs are.”

Since Young Americans for Freedom posted the video online, conservative blogs across the country have denounced PBSC as denying the organization its first amendment rights.

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