Last Thursday, students at University of California Berkeley started a Change.org petition aimed at disinviting Bill Maher from speaking at a December commencement ceremony. The administration, in holding with U.C. Berekely's tradition of free speech -- even when deemed provocative -- decided not to rescind Maher's invitation.The students were troubled by Maher's recent controversial statements -- and heated debate with Ben Affleck -- about Islam during an October 6, episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," where he stated the following:"One reason they don’t get exposed is because they’re afraid to speak out because it’s the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will fucking kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book."Continue Reading...