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2007-02-10 Fifth Column

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-10 10:54|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Do they even know about the First Amendment?

Funny, this. The protection of Free Speech accorded by the First Amendment, only protects an individual from the Government abridging those rights. Corporations and Universities are free to stifle you as they see fit.

Of course, the way to handle this would be to pull all government funding from Universities that practice this sort of thing. Oh, and pull their accreditation as well.

Posted by Omolurt Elmeaper6990 2007-02-10 11:22|| 2007-02-10 11:22|| Front Page Top

#2 One could argue that a government owned and run university was an arm of the state.

Posted by 3dc 2007-02-10 11:27|| 2007-02-10 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 3dc is correct. SFSU is a state institution with, among other things, a state police department to enforce its rulings. Its administrators and regents are public employees and officials, legally bound to uphold the federal and state constitutions in performing their duties.
Making a special case of religious, as opposed to secular, symbols is an establishment of religion and clearly un-Constitutional.
As a public institution, SFSU does not have the same latitude a private institution would have in waiving Constitutional requirements in favor of private choice.
I could prohibit stepping on, say, paintings of Cthulhu at my place of business but I cannot do so as a public employee on public property.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-02-10 14:09|| 2007-02-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Q: How many Lesbian Inuit Moslem left-handed AHDD recovering alcoholic women does it take to change a light bulb?
A: THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!!

Posted by DMFD 2007-02-10 14:35|| 2007-02-10 14:35|| Front Page Top

#5 *giggle*

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-10 14:41|| 2007-02-10 14:41|| Front Page Top

#6 yep, they shoulda' just burned an American flag & SFSU wouldn't of said boo......

AFAIC; SFSU CAN STFU

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-02-10 15:07|| 2007-02-10 15:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Someone should sue to remove their funding citing separation of Church and State.

Where is the ACLU?

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-02-10 16:45|| 2007-02-10 16:45|| Front Page Top

#8 I could prohibit stepping on, say, paintings of Cthulhu at my place of business but I cannot do so as a public employee on public property.

CTHULHUPHOBE!!!

(Someone should try a simultaneous burning of an American, Hezbollah, and "rainbow" flag, just to see the reaction. For added cognitive dissonance, toss in an Israeli flag.)

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-02-10 17:25|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-10 17:25|| Front Page Top

#9 I was shopping for some flags to burn , for my own amusement of course.
A decent sized Iranian flag'll set you back 35 smackers.

Posted by J.D. Lux 2007-02-10 19:23|| 2007-02-10 19:23|| Front Page Top

#10 I think there is another level going on here. So somebody burns a US flag or Israeli flag. No big deal, no seething, no angry mobs no violence. Somebody burns a Hezbolla flag and the you-know-who ~~suicidal haters~~ religion practitioners will be up in arms, threatening all kinds of violence. SFSU has achieved dhimmitude.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-02-10 20:11|| 2007-02-10 20:11|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-10 20:55|| 2007-02-10 20:55|| Front Page Top

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