Monday, May 17, 2010

ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/05/17/1526252/ACLU-Sues-To-Protect-Your-Right-To-Swear?art_pos=6
The ACLU is suing the police in Pennsylvania for issuing tickets to people who swear. They argue that it is every American's constitutional right to drop an F-bomb. From the article: "'Unfortunately, many police departments in the commonwealth do not seem to be getting the message that swearing is not a crime,' said Marieke Tuthill of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. 'The courts have repeatedly found that profanity, unlike obscenity, is protected speech.'" This is a big f*cking deal.

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