Your freedom ends when it infringes on my freedom.
They do it for Planned Parenthood protests on site.
> signs the lawsuit describes as hateful and anti-Semitic <
I don’t know who’s right in this particular lawsuit. Maybe the repeated bad behavior of the protestors does rise to the level of harassment.
But I would hope that the courts tread very carefully here. Too many folks want to ban “hate speech”. Or as in this case, hateful signs. If this trend continues, all of our 1A liberties will eventually be lost.
"Free Speech" doesn't guarantee a right to be heard. Let them get a permit to spew their hate at time(s) certain in a public park.
In-your-face protesting needs to be outlawed.
ML/NJ
I agree with you. This is one issue where good, rational judges are necessary. A good judge can draw the line between protecting free speech and preventing harassment. It has to be looked at on a case-by-case basis to prevent overreach in either direction.
Hopefully the court will rule against the synagogue member.
Ann Arbor sux. Good for this man!
I don’t like the harassment element but I also don’t like the idea of restrictions on the 1st and free speech.
Why are they protesting at a synagogue? Because of the assumption a synagogue represents Israel and that all Jews are Israelis, and that everything Israeli is Jewish. If they want to protest against Israel, protest at the Israeli embassy, not at a synagogue. That is why this is harassment.
If permitting is needed for protests of some form but there is a special standard in protesting against Jewish and Israeli institutions in Dearbornistan, then what we have is a capricious of abuse of power used against Jews. Either there are restrictions applied equally, or there are none.