[Dog Gone]

Access to "protected speech" is not guaranteed by the First Amendment.

That's a pretty silly argument. Freedom of speech doesn't mean squat if people are prohibitted by the government from hearing it.

What would you think about a Federal law that said that public libraries that receive federal funds must block the Free Republic site, and nothing else?

Constitutional?

[rface]

What would you think about a Federal law that said that public libraries that receive federal funds must block the Free Republic site, and nothing else?

FreeRepublic is not porn. It is political speech.

If a filter excludes FR, then you go to the front desk and ask to have the filter over-ridden so you can access FR.

also: Libraries have a history of not having and not ordering books that have been written by conservative authors....ie. Buchanan....Libraries are biased toward liberal ideologies

Ashland, Missouri

[FreeTally]

That's a pretty silly argument. Freedom of speech doesn't mean squat if people are prohibitted by the government from hearing it.

Nobody is prohibited from hearing it. They can use their own dime to buy internet access and hear it. Freedom of speech does not include the right to a publically funded forum.

There should not be publically funded internet access in the first place, which the existence of creates this problem. Congress has made no law stopping someone from transmitting pronography. No one has the right to demand that the government(read: we the people) fork over money to allow them to hear the speech.