(The Center Square) – Protesters outside churches, synagogues and other religious places will have to keep a certain distance from places of worship if the California Legislature passes a new bill.
People who threaten public officials could face prison time under a bill the Oregon Senate passed 18-11 Tuesday. Senate Bill 1530 would make threatening a public official — including lawmakers, school board members, city councilors and county commissioners — a crime of aggravated harassment. That’s a Class C felony, which are considered the least severe […]
To the editor: If some can justify not standing and respecting our national anthem and our Stars and Stripes as a First Amendment matter of "Free Speech,” others can justifiably consider the same as "Hate Speech,” correct?
During “May Is Better Hearing and Speech Month,” Play Works Gorge Children’s Therapies will offer free speech and language screenings for the Hood River community.
We all received a reminder last week that free speech sometimes comes at a terrible cost. Twelve people at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo paid that price Jan 7 when gunmen attacked their Paris office and opened fire.
Oregonians have valued free speech and nurtured a healthy, well-founded distrust for intrusive governmental restrictions since their state’s constitution was drafted in 1857.
