[Zakeet]

Re. A good ruling protecting freedom of speech!

I am totally confused!

I noticed where numerous Saints on this thread laud the courts for upholding free speech but ...

Didn't the LDS Church threaten the Tanners with legal action when they published the above books disclosing the Mormon Temple Ceremony ...

... and didn't the LDS Church then back down because the Temple Ceremony wasn't copyrighted

... and wasn't the reason why the Temple Ceremony wasn't copyrighted because it meant disclosure to the public ...

... and didn't the LDS Church then claim the Tanners were not publishing a correct rendition of the Temple Ceremony ... only to be embarrassed when former temple workers and smuggled tape recordings affirmed the validity of the Tanners' publication?

Didn't the LDS Church sue the Tanners when they published a few pages from the Mormon Church's Handbook of Instructions telling people how to remove their name from the LDS Records ...

... and wasn't this information widely available on the Internet at the time ...

... and didn't the Tanners promptly comply with the LDS Church's demands to remove the offending material and links ...

... and weren't the Tanners sued anyway by the LDS Church ...

... and didn't the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper simultaneously publish print and post the URL’s of web sites containing the Church Handbook of Instructions ...

... and didn't the Mormon Church not sue the Salt Lake Tribune ...

... and didn't the Mormon Church not sue people who published the Church Handbook of Instructions on the Internet ...

... and didn't this lead to allegations the Mormon Church's lawsuit was an attempt to an attempt to stifle the Tanners' First Amendment right of free speech, bankrupt their Ministry?

So in light of the above, how is it possible to proclaim the LDS Church is a protector of free speech and a defender of liberty?

[metmom]

Free speech for me but not for thee.

It’s amazing the number of people who are for free speech when it comes to THEM speaking but when it’s others???

Well, you know the deal. We can’t offend them or hurt their poor widdle feewings.

[Clara Lou]

What an awesome post!

[greyfoxx39]

So in light of the above, how is it possible to proclaim the LDS Church is a protector of free speech and a defender of liberty?

An institution founded on lies sees no reason to discontinue the lies.

[ejonesie22]

Do as we say, not as we do....

After all we are the Authority, the “one true church”, you devil lovin’ gentiles are fools to challenge us...

Oh wait, we are sorry, we are Christians just like you (wink wink), and we love you!

Those things that you clearly see in our documents and the things we actually say in our most sacred ceremonies are just nasty rumors spread by the "Haters" to discredit us in your (devil laden) eyes. Just ignore them though they are plainly and clearly written down in our books. Nothing to see hear, move along.

Oh yeah, please send us some members. After all, we either get them now or when they are dead, and we prefer them while they can tithe like crazy are alive in the spirit!

[Godzilla]

So in light of the above, how is it possible to proclaim the LDS Church is a protector of free speech and a defender of liberty?

Some pigs are more equal than others?

[fproy2222]

I am totally confused!

I noticed where numerous Saints on this thread laud the courts for upholding free speech but ...

Didn't the LDS Church threaten the Tanners with legal action when they published the above books disclosing the Mormon Temple Ceremony ...

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You seem to want to make copyright infringement the same as free speech.

Good confusion, the unthinking will agree with you.