It is illegal to be proud of heterosexuality!

AgapePress - May 9, 2003

The American Family Association's Center for Law & Policy (CLP) is representing a California Highway patrolman who is being sued by a fellow officer for displaying a "Straight Pride" sticker on his personal vehicle. Several years ago, Mike Edwards, an 11-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol, put the sticker on his personal car. A fellow officer objected, and Edwards' supervisor gave him two choices: remove the sticker, or park his personal vehicle off of state property. Edwards chose the second option, but has recently been sued by the homosexual officer. But CLP attorney Mike DePrimo says Edwards has a constitutional right to express his opinion. DePrimo points out that Supreme Court cases are uniform in stating that people have to tolerate what they might consider to be "offensive and objectionable" speech. The attorney adds that there is no prohibition in having a bumper sticker on a car, and that Edwards' supervisor had no right to tell him that he had to remove it. DePrimo points out that Edwards has received excellent reviews during his 11 years on the Highway Patrol.

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