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To: aomagrat
“This is the most chilling thing I’ve seen against freedom of speech,” spokesman Don Gordon said.

See, that's self-serving nonsense. The First Amendment says "Congress shall make no law" abridging freedom of the press or freedom of speech. In this case, no government body has made a law restricting this organization from doing anything. What has happened is that a private property owner (the railroad) has decided what can and cannot be done on his property. Since their actions are within the law, no one has any right to tell them what can be posted on a billboard they own. This is NOT a freedom of speech issue.

3 posted on 07/18/2006 12:55:44 PM PDT by RonF
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To: RonF

Yeah, and people who own a motel have the right to not rent rooms to people they don't like, right?

Of course it's a freedom of speech issue. Just because the sign is privately owned, like a motel, it must treat everyone equally.

The liberals did it to themselves.


6 posted on 07/18/2006 12:59:23 PM PDT by kjo
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To: RonF
This is NOT a freedom of speech issue.

No it's not. The land owners can put up any sign or not.

29 posted on 07/18/2006 1:28:56 PM PDT by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: RonF
since the SCV OWNS the sign AND the ground it is on, it IS a FREEDOM OF SPEECH & a PRIVATE PROPERTY issue as well.

the previous owner of the property SOLD it to us.

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114 posted on 07/20/2006 9:55:08 AM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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