On 9/26/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Churches and schools, even publicly funded schools are considered > private property under most if not all state laws. I know that may seem > strange but it's true. They are not public space such as a public street > public sidewalk or Town Square. There are exceptions, here in New > England, if you live in a town with town meeting government, and the > school auditorium is used for the meeting, or really small places where > the town meeting house might double as the church, for that time, it is > public space, but even then you are under Roberts Rules of Order, and if > you attempt to disrupt the meeting you can be ejected and arrested. He > was being a nuisance, then trespassing, and creating a disturbance, and > eventually resisting arrest. (It's amazing how quickly being a nuisance > can become resisting arrest). The only absolute right you have to > freedom of speech is in the public square, truly public property, (town > or city hall, meeting rooms etc.), and on your own property, and even > there you're not allowed to force people to listen to you, if you try to > force them that can actually be construed as assault, kidnapping or > worse, you should know that. There may be attempts at constitutional > actions but no judge in his right mind should allow them to arise in his > or her court.
Interesting. Our law WRT public/private spaces is different from yours. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
