It IS About Free Speech

Hey folks,

Sorry about this morning. I had major computer problems that I did not have time to fix. Seems that where I write the "Daily Article" was not communicating with the Blog itself. Every time I tried to post it, it froze the computer. So I came in tonight, problem resolved. So here you go.

Happy Friday to you. Someone sent this to me, knowing my past and how much of an advocate of Free Speech I really am, and asked me what I thought about this. So here you go. There is NO doubt about it. This IS a Free Speech Issue. Since when do only minorities and Liberal groups get to enjoy Free Speech? Another question. When is school going to go back to the “Three “R”s?

I’m talking about this article from World Net Daily.

Court blasts district 'gay appeasement' policy
Orders student's claim against speech limits reinstated

Posted: November 1, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

A federal court reinstated a lawsuit that claims a school district adopted a policy restricting free speech in order to appease a homosexual-rights agenda endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Ah yes, the ACLU. The Liberal hit organization. The ACLU is a joke. They are nothing more than a pawn and a tool used by the Libs to attack ANYTHING and ANYONE that does not allow the Liberal agenda. Period.

The case involves student Timothy Morrison, who complained he was barred from expressing his Christian beliefs under a policy adopted by the Boyd County, Ky., school district in an agreement with the ACLU.

The ACLU worked on the school's policies after officials refused to allow students to start a "Gay Straight Alliance" organization. In an agreement to end a lawsuit over the decision, the district adopted a speech code that defined harassment as "the use of language … in such manner as to be commonly understood to convey hatred, contempt, or prejudice or to have the effect of insulting or stigmatizing an individual," and prescribing punishment for such actions.

Folks, ANY TIME you hear of ANYONE adopting a “Speech Code,” you can substitute that phrase with they have adopted "CENSORSHIP."

The speech code, however, triggered a lawsuit by the Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of Morrison, who feared punishment if he expressed his Christian-based disapproval of homosexuality.

The case had been dismissed at the district court level but was reinstated by a panel from 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

"We hold that an allegation of a past chill of First Amendment-protected activity is sufficient to confer standing to a plaintiff seeking retrospective relief, even when that relief comes in the form of nominal damages," the ruling said. "We reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment to the board … as it pertains to Morrison's free-speech claim seeking nominal damages."

Joel Oster, senior legal counsel with the ADF, told WND the speech restrictions came directly as a result of the ACLU's pursuit of a "gay" club at the school.

"The school district went overboard the other way," Oster told WND, "with three days of mandated diversity training."

Translation time folks, BRAINWASHING. Pushing the Liberal agenda. PC. Call it what it is.

The rule that students not talk about homosexual behavior followed.

"Christian students and other students who do not approve of homosexual behavior are not second-class simply because of their perspective," he said. "Silencing students because of their viewpoint is a clear violation of their constitutional rights.

"This student's free speech rights were certainly violated, and we're pleased the case will proceed to trial," he said.

But it IS OK in some schools for the teachers to talk about why Heather has two Mommies.

Part of the diversity training program mandated by the school was a video that instructed students to withhold Christian viewpoints about homosexual behavior.

"Although a favorable decision cannot provide Morrison an opportunity to travel back in time and utter the speech he withheld, it can provide him with nominal damages. Even though these damages amount to little, they serve to vindicate his rights," the court ruling said.

The ban on Morrison's expression of his faith was contained in the school policy, the ADF noted, then stated explicitly in the video the school prepared and presented to students about diversity.

Get this. People wonder why I call it Psychobabble? Listen to this moron. This tells you all you need to know about Liberalism. This right here.

"We all get self-centered and start to think that our way is the right way and our way is the correct way. We all want to believe that we have evidence that our way is the correct way," a clinical psychologist appearing on the video states.

"So … no matter where you go, no matter what you do, no matter who you meet, you are going to find people that you don't like," the psychologist says. "You're going to find people that you disagree with. You're going to find people that you don't like the way they act. It can't be avoided, not, not anywhere in the world, it can't be avoided. You're going to find people that you believe are absolutely wrong. You're going to think … That is so wrong … But here is the kicker, just because you believe, just because you don't like them, just because you disagree with them, just because you believe they are wrong, wholeheartedly, absolutely, they are wrong. Just because you believe that does not give you permission to say anything about it. It doesn't require that you do anything. You just respect, you just exist, you continue, you leave it alone. There is not permission for you to point it out to them."

“But here is the kicker, just because you believe, just because you don't like them, just because you disagree with them, just because you believe they are wrong, wholeheartedly, absolutely, they are wrong. Just because you believe that does not give you permission to say anything about it. It doesn't require that you do anything. You just respect, you just exist, you continue, you leave it alone. There is not permission for you to point it out to them.”

Absolute and completely utter Bunk. You have the right to say whatever you want. OK, let’s use the genius’s premise. You do not like Bush? Too bad. You do not have the right to say he is wrong. You do not like the War? Too bad. Just “respect, you just exist, you continue, you leave it alone. There is not permission for you to point it out to them.” Right? According to this moron, you do not have the right to civil disobedience, or dissent. Just accept that the President sees things another way that is different from the way YOU see it, accept that, and move on. You do not have the RIGHT of Free Speech if it may offend someone or hurt someone’s feelings.

You think the ACLU would agree with that? How about this? You, being a "Gay” person, “You're going to find people that you disagree with. {Christians} You're going to find people that you don't like the way they act. {Christians} You're going to find people that you believe are absolutely wrong. {Christians} You're going to think . That is so wrong . {Christianity} But here is the kicker, just because you believe, just because you don't like them, just because you disagree with them, just because you believe they are wrong, wholeheartedly, absolutely, they are wrong. Just because you believe that does not give you permission to say anything about it. It doesn't require that you do anything. You just respect, you just exist, you continue, you leave it alone. There is not permission for you to point it out to them.”

See? It works both ways.

The district court also allowed students pursuing a "gay" club at the school to intervene in Morrison's speech constraint dispute. The court also alleged the plaintiff didn't suffer constitutional violations.

The school policy eventually was revised to allow "the civil exchange of opinions or debate."

But the appeals panel said Morrison still had standing to pursue a complaint for nominal damages, because testimony regarding "policies restricting speech" was uncontroverted and such damages are symbolic.

I hope he wins. Not because he is a Christian. Not because he doesn’t agree with the Homosexual Agenda, but because he has just as much right to say what he believes as they do. But then again, if schools would just go back to teaching reading writing and arithmetic, maybe all these things could be avoided in the first place. Just a thought.
Peter

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WND - Court blasts district 'gay appeasement' policy