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To: TLBSHOW
What I don't understand is how hate-speech laws pass Constitutional mustard, and this pornography laws doesn't.
13 posted on 04/24/2002 4:27:20 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Always Right
Hate-speech laws are as false as Islam is.
18 posted on 04/24/2002 4:38:03 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: Always Right
Main Entry: 1mus·ter
Pronunciation: 'm&s-t&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mustre, from Middle French mostre, monstre, from monstrer
Date: 14th century
1 : a representative specimen : SAMPLE
2 a : an act of assembling; specifically : formal military inspection b : critical examination c : an assembled group : COLLECTION d : INVENTORY
19 posted on 04/24/2002 4:38:19 PM PDT by f.Christian
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To: Always Right
What I don't understand is how hate-speech laws pass Constitutional mustard, and this pornography laws doesn't.

Hate-speech laws have been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, in a case called RAV v Wisconsin. What the Supreme Court upheld were hate-crime laws, which increased the penalty for something which would have been a crime anyway (assault, vandalism, etc.) if done for a racist motive. But pure hate speech, unaccompanied by any other criminal act, is constitutionally protected.

167 posted on 04/25/2002 12:01:47 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
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