It seems that an American judge has ruled that both religious freedom and freedom of speech can easily be curtailed.
Guess what you need for this?
A city permit.
It seems that if an activity you oppose has a city permit, you no longer have freedom of speech against them.
“The law requires the police to control the crowd and to deal with those acting disorderly, not tell us that we’re not permitted to be there,” Marcavage said.
The judge’s precedent would allow police to arrest anyone at any public gathering simply because they have what the judge called “a contrary message,” raising speculation that Republicans could be arrested at a Democrat “festival” and competitors could be arrested at a commercially-sponsored “festival.”
Marcavage called it a restriction on time, place and manner. But in the application to a commercial festival sponsorship, it could be assumed that having a discussion about Chevies at a Ford-sponsored event could be prohibited.
Actually, its much more of a worry to Democrats, as they won’t be able to disrupt Republicans - a far more frequent occurrence.
Of course, this’ll only apply if you’re speaking on the wrong side.
And it goes without saying that this’ll be thrown out. If the next level of courts don’t, it’ll just get appealed until it gets to the Supreme court. Let’s hope it doesn’t take that - it’s about as clear cut as you can get.
