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ACLU Will Weigh Effect on Marginalized Communities in Free-Speech Cases
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:37 AM Author: Titillating Roommate Halford These are the new "Civil Liberties": https://www.thedailybeast.com/memo-aclu-will-weigh-effect-on-marginalized-communities-in-free-speech-cases (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008627&forum_id=2#36295806) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:41 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy juggernaut "When it comes to the First Amendment, we're no longer going to take the tough cases that require us to make a principled stand in defense of speech." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008627&forum_id=2#36295815) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:43 AM Author: flesh vivacious house Is there a name for a phenomenon where every advocacy organization eventually gets cucked and co-opted by the opposition? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008627&forum_id=2#36295821) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:44 AM Author: Sickened Travel Guidebook Public Bath https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/664089892599631872 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008627&forum_id=2#36295826) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:47 AM Author: fear-inspiring useless queen of the night Wish I could say this will hurt their fundraising but it won't-- it will help (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008627&forum_id=2#36295833) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 9:48 AM Author: Exhilarant Really Tough Guy Crackhouse To be fair,
Comprehensive list of all "non-marginalized" communities:
-- White straight males (NOTE: White women of any and all gender and sexual identities are highly marginalized)
-- Christians |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 10:00 AM Author: Sickened Travel Guidebook Public Bath The committee was chaired by David Cole (National Legal Director), and included Jennifer Bellamy (Legislative Counsel, National Political Advocacy Department), Nusrat Choudhury (Senior Staff Attorney, Racial Justice Project), Louise Melling (Director, Center for Liberty), Dennis Parker (Project Director, Racial Justice Project), Jeff Robinson (Director, Trone Center for Justice and Equality),Lee Rowland (Senior Staff Attorney, Speech, Privacy and Technology), Terry Tang (Director of Publications and Editorial, Communications), Cecillia Wang (Director, Center for Democracy), and Mohammad Zaidi (Director of Gift Planning and Special Campaigns, Development) from the National office, and affiliate legal directors Nancy Abudu (FL), Emily Chiang (WA), Jamie Crofts (W-Va), David Loy (San Diego), Leslie Mehta (VA), and Andre Segura (TX). (Leslie Mehta left the ACLU before the committee’s work was completed, but made valuable contributions to the process before leaving.) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008627&forum_id=2#36295867) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 10:07 AM Author: Sickened Travel Guidebook Public Bath Louise Melling arguing that expressive photographers must concede free speech rights when they involve lesbians and gays.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/us/weighing-free-speech-in-refusal-to-photograph-ceremony.html
There are constitutional values on both sides of the case: the couple’s right to equal treatment and Ms. Huguenin’s right to free speech. I asked Louise Melling, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, which has a distinguished history of championing free speech, how the group had evaluated the case.
Ms. Melling said the evaluation had required difficult choices. Photography is expression protected by the Constitution, she said, and Ms. Huguenin acted from “heartfelt convictions.”
But the equal treatment of gay couples is more important than the free speech rights of commercial photographers, she said, explaining why the A.C.L.U. filed a brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court supporting the couple.
“This is a business,” Ms. Melling said. “At the end of the day, it sells services for photographing weddings. This is like putting up a sign that says ‘Heterosexual Couples Only.’ ” |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 10:19 AM Author: Boyish Clown Home Reminder: the ACLU represented the KKK on free speech grounds in Brandenburg v. Ohio.
When you openly concede that you are only willing to represent the opinion of certain groups, I think that hurts free speech, not helps it. |