Thank God We Don’t Live in France

By: Curt Levey (Diary)  |  March 3rd at 09:29 AM  | 

Compare the news out of France and the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, both involving the limits on offensive speech. In Snyder v. Phelps, the High Court ruled 8-1 that the First Amendment protects the Westboro Baptist Church from being sued for picketing the funerals of U.S. troops with signs such as “Thank God for Dead Soldiers.” The Topeka church’s message is that God hates the | Read More »