Quote of the day........

Finally, the fundamental flaw, 

which will ultimately destroy 

this prohibition as it did the last one, 

is that criminal sanctions cannot, 

and should not attempt to, 

prohibit personal conduct 

which does no harm to others. 

-- Judge Robert Sweet
(U.S. District Ct., N.Y.)
Source: February 12, 1996, National Review

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From the standpoint of freedom of 

speech and the press,

it is enough to point out that 

the state has no legitimate interest in 

protecting any or all religions 

from views distasteful to them...

It is not the business of government 

to suppress real or imagined attacks 

upon a particular religious doctrine.

-- Justice Tom C. Clark.
(1899-1977) U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Source: Burstyn v. Wilson, 1952

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Rightful liberty is unobstructed action 

according to our will within limits 

drawn around us by 

the equal rights of others. 

I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' 

because law is often but the tyrant's will, and

always so when it violates 

the rights of the individual.

-- Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President.
(1743-1826), US Founding Father.
Drafted the Declaration of Independence.