"Officers then physically removed the petitions from 'public view' on the table at the exhibitors tent," the council said in a website update of the situation. "Two of the male officers mocked the volunteers by kissing each other after they initially removed all the petitions from the area."
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In the actual confrontation, Stemberger was called after the officers removed the petitions. He sought further legal counsel from Rick Nelson of American Liberties Institute and then confronted Sgt. Allen.
He said he asked the sergeant what law or ordinance was being violated by the petitions and Allen simply responded with a not-entirely accurate lecture on Jesus' view of homosexuality in the New Testament and the statement that the petition was a "waste of time."
Ah, yes. The old "waste of time" law. I recall it well. /sarcasm
Homo-facism
This is from the MISTAKEN notion that the IRS forbids non-profits from petitioning on ISSUES.
This is an ISSUE not a candidate and was 100% legal. Not only should they sue, they should force the police department to provide protection of future petitioners FOR FREE. Perhaps even require the police department to post a link to the petition on the website as part of "sensitivity training" and proper civics education of the officers.