Original sentence: Freedom of speech, however, is a widely held value beyond the governmental sphere and many universities are government institutions and almost all accept government funds.Many speakers have opposed such speech codes, claiming they constitute a new orthodoxy of political correctness and represent an erosion of the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which strictly speaking only prohibits government censorship.See also profanity, taboo.Some observers believe that the accusation of hate speech is often made to suppress points of view which are unfavorable to certain "protected groups", which represents a significant infringement of the tradition of academic freedom and gives members of these groups an unfair advantage in the marketplace of ideas.The defense that he doesn't hate lesbians and didn't intend to hurt anyone's feelings would be dismissed on the grounds that to object to certain behavior or have one's livelihood threatened is harmful on its face.The professor could be denied tenure, even if he were expressing his religious belief that people who engage in lesbian behavior should not be put in positions where they can influence young people.The prohibition against hurting homosexuals, a protected group, is considered by supporters to trump the speaker's rights of free speech and freedom of religion
Edited sentence: Many speakers have opposed such speech codes, claiming they constitute a new orthodoxy of political correctness and represent an erosion of the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (which however only prohibits government censorship).Some conservatives believe that the accusation of hate speech is often made to suppress points of view which are unfavorable to certain "protected groups", which represents a significant infringement of the tradition of academic freedom and gives members of these groups an unfair advantage in the marketplace of ideas.The defense that he doesn't hate lesbians and didn't intend to hurt anyone's feelings would be dismissed on the grounds that any reasonable person could see that to be called "immoral" or have one's livelihood threatened would hurt a person's feelings.The professor could be denied tenure, even if he were expressing his religious belief that people who engage in immoral behavior should not be put in positions where they can influence young people.The prohibition against hurting homosexuals, a protected group, trumps the speaker's rights of free speech and freedom of religion