Excuse me? Excuse me???

What crime has United States Senator Rick Santorum ever committed?

What x-rated campus sex week event has Senator Rick Santorum ever advocated? What act of violence has Senator Rick Santorum orchestrated?

What’s happening here is the plain and simple censorship of free speech by people who disagree with Rick Santorum’s politics.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.

High school requires parental consent for Santorum speech

Since Monday, school district officials in Grosse Pointe, Michigan have canceled a decision to allow Rick Santorum to speak at Grosse Pointe South High School, then reversed that cancellation.

There is a catch, though: students who want to see the former U.S. senator and presidential hopeful must first obtain permission from their parents.

A local chapter of the group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) had originally invited Santorum to speak at the high school on April 24, explains the Detroit Free Press. The group raised $18,000 for the speech — presumably to cover costs and pay any fees to Santorum.

Senior Langston Bowens, 18, who apparently spearheaded the effort to bring to Santorum to the school, said the social conservative would speak on leadership — how to make good decisions and stick by them, that kind of thing.

The principal, Matt Outlaw, had allegedly approved the invite.

On Monday, however, school district officials sent a mass email to parents saying that Santorum’s speech had been called off.

Then, on Wednesday, after a couple days of intense criticism, those same officials decided they wanted to keep their date with Santorum after all.

Students — particularly the ones who worked hard to raise the $18,000 — charge that school officials eighty-sixed Santorum’s appearance and subsequently decided to require parental permission slips because Santorum opposes gay marriage and has generally conservative views.