Our Constitution protects us all - not just those who agree with the far left.
Governor Sarah Palin
Governor Sarah Palin
While I applaud her support for Miss California, it's troubling that she apparently doesn't understand that this has nothing to do with the constitution. (Ms. Prejean made the same error, but she's not a national political figure.) No one's constitutional rights were violated in this episode. No one was prevented from speaking by the government. The right to speak does not entail the right to not be criticized, ridiculed or ostracized. Remember the Dixie Chicks? They moaned about the 1st amendment too, but their fans had the same right to trash their CDs and demand they be taken off the air as the Chicks had to their idiotic comments.
Palin needs to get up to speed on this kind of thing if she hopes to broaden her appeal enough to mount a presidential bid.