JDG wrote:
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.
Because it is on U.S. Government property it isn't the VFW's speech that is in question. Because it is on U.S. government property is the U.S. Government's speech. The VFW doesn't figure at all in the decision, their involvement is completely, totally irrelevant.
-- Doug Repeat after me: Separation of Church and State Maru
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