At 10:55 PM 6/14/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote: >> I don't think you said that right. I am unaware of any Constitutional >> provision against exclusionary and offensive speech on federal lands. >> >> JDG - Something about defending your right to say it, Maru ..... >> > >Come on John, you know that one of the reasons for the bill of rights, >perhaps the preeminent reason, was to protect people that might otherwise >be excluded by the majority. That's what separation of church and state >is all about.
But aren't you the first person to also mention that the First Amendment also protects unpopular, offensive, and exclusionary speech???? Thus, why is the VFW's speech restricted in this case???? Like I said, I don't think you said that right when you appealed to a Constitutional prohibition on exclusionary and offensive speech. JDG
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