[Vision2020] Religion, Moscow Billboards, and the First Amendment (Part 1)

[Joe Campbell]

This whole situation is both interesting and disturbing. I heard a report
on the radio the other day and it contained a recording of Councilman
Krauss giving the guy hell for making broad, insulting comments about the
Moscow council, merely because they are unable to restrict clear instances
of free speech. Good job, Wayne! I'm proud of you for speaking so
rationally and yet so passionately about this issue.

Here's what is disturbing. Judd Wilson used his own daughter to publicly
make a controversial political point, and not just once but at least twice.
Further, to suggest that a poster geared toward adults -- sending the
message "Don't act like children" or something like that -- is somehow an
insult to a poor, sick child is not just offensive and stupid but the very
kind of speech that any decent community should discourage. I'm not talking
about censorship; I'm talking about broad scale public criticism.

Shame on you, Judd Wilson. Leave your kid out of it.


On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:

> Greetings Visionaires -
>
> On November 19th Judd Wilson of Moscow presented a complaint to the Moscow
> City Council concerning the context of a billboard located at he corner of
> Palouse River Drive and South Main Street, suggesting that the billboard be
> discontinued.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jdKrd7zK1A
>
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>
> Judd Wilson
>
>
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>
> The billboard
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> As I am currently editing, configuring, and uploading related videos from
> the December 3rd session of the Moscow City Council, I will post links here
> at the Viz as they become available.
>
> These videos have been segmented as follows . . .
>
> Part 2 - Mayor Chaney's, and the city council's, response.
>
> Part 3 - Additional Moscow City Council discussion.
>
> Part 4 - a subsequent complaint presented by Greg Evans of Princeton.
>
> Stay tuned, visionaires, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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