Comments on: The First Amendment Protects Ann Coulter, William Ayers, And The Westboro Baptist Church http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/03/31/the-first-amendment-protects-ann-coulter-william-ayers-and-the-westboro-baptist-church/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/03/31/the-first-amendment-protects-ann-coulter-william-ayers-and-the-westboro-baptist-church/#comment-71284 Doug Mataconis Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:05:59 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7639#comment-71284 Chris,

If its a public institution, it’s governed by the First Amendment.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/03/31/the-first-amendment-protects-ann-coulter-william-ayers-and-the-westboro-baptist-church/#comment-71246 Chris Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:27:49 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7639#comment-71246 On the above final note that Coulter and Ayers are idiots, perhaps that was the motivating factor why those particular institutions decided to unwelcome them (It’d be for me). Isn’t it their prerogative to invite and cancel? Perhaps Westboro or UW shouldn’t have ever offered, but it doesn’t necessarily disqualify their renigs.

There’s no question anyone has the right to speak freely, but to fairly judge any institution’s (public or private) decision to invite or dis invite any formal speaker, shouldn’t their motive or reasoning behind it be judged i.e whether they’re blocking opposing ideologies to protect their comfort zone, or even canceling due to foreseeable acrimony.

As to some state’s recent legislation to block picketing at funerals, I could only agree with a law that refined jurisdictional legality with regards to public harassment. Unfortunately, I do not foresee that to be the case, and eventually some state(s) will likely right-out ban any form of protest during funerals.

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