RE: Assault On Free Speech
August 1, 2012 at 9:35 am
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2012 at 9:47 am by Darth.)
Who? The owners of said business.
No, but these people would be (under that proposal) prevented from opening a store based on their political/religious views and contributions.
You can say what you want, but if you do, we, the various forms of government, will take other actions against you, up to the point of preventing your business from being allowed to expand? That's not free speech.
Free speech means so much more than speaking your mind on top of boxes with signs.
Even if there were a law saying that they could ban your business form the city based on your stated opinions, that law wouldn't be valid.
I'm not saying that not being able to opens stores with illegal products is a necessarily a free speech issue (depends on the product =P), but it would be if they wanted to shut down/shut out your fast food chain based on your stated support for whorehouses being legal, legislative reform to that effect, and financial contributions to such causes, as is the case with chick-a-fil-a, then it most certainly is.
No, but these people would be (under that proposal) prevented from opening a store based on their political/religious views and contributions.
You can say what you want, but if you do, we, the various forms of government, will take other actions against you, up to the point of preventing your business from being allowed to expand? That's not free speech.
Free speech means so much more than speaking your mind on top of boxes with signs.
Even if there were a law saying that they could ban your business form the city based on your stated opinions, that law wouldn't be valid.
I'm not saying that not being able to opens stores with illegal products is a necessarily a free speech issue (depends on the product =P), but it would be if they wanted to shut down/shut out your fast food chain based on your stated support for whorehouses being legal, legislative reform to that effect, and financial contributions to such causes, as is the case with chick-a-fil-a, then it most certainly is.
