I have to admit my first response to the whole thing has been, where have all these people been while they've been picketing the funerals of gays? That bit of my own neurosis aside, I agree with those above who have said that civil court is the way to go with these folks. It's not "the government" infringing on their free speech rights. It's a person who feels their speech is injurous that sued them and a jury agreed that their speech falls into those "classes."
I can't argue for banning them from speaking at all because I do think that's a 1st amendment issue, but the first amendment doesn't protect all speech -- remember, shouting "fire" in a crowded building isn't considered protected speech either.
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Date: 2007-11-01 07:16 pm (UTC)I can't argue for banning them from speaking at all because I do think that's a 1st amendment issue, but the first amendment doesn't protect all speech -- remember, shouting "fire" in a crowded building isn't considered protected speech either.