"Free Speech" trumps protection of children

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AngeloHorn
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/wireStory?id=911835

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The organization claims it had to cancel last summer's camp because only 11 of the 35 youths who signed up would have been able to bring a parent.

"A regulation that reduces the size of a speaker's audience can constitute an invasion of a legally protected interest," Judge William B. Traxler Jr. wrote in the unanimous ruling.


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The 2003 summer nudist camp for children 11 through 17 was the first in Virginia and only the third in the country, according to its sponsors.


What about the regulations that say only a certain number of people are allowed in a building by the fire code? Isn't that limiting someone's audience? What about porn not being viewed by anyone under 18? That's certainly limiting the artists' audience. Or hell, even rated 'R' shows should now be construed as a violation of free speech.

In light of the recent stories of child molestation, I just found this ironic. And sad.

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The 2003 summer nudist camp for children 11 through 17


i just threw up. that is f-ing ridiculous.

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