Free speech used to trample on others' rights

Re "Crackdown on free speech backfires, again (Editorials, Aug. 3): One has to wonder if those criticizing the trampling of free speech would have taken that same strident angle if chicken man, Dan Cathy, had publicly expressed support for segregated schools, another Chinese exclusion act or the rights of child molesters to write, publish and sell books describing how to hunt their prey.

In this great chicken debacle, we have witnessed, yet again, another example of accepted discrimination toward LGBT humans and otherwise discerning people lapping up a red herring excuse to cover the real intention, which is to prevent full equality for LGBT Americans.

Free speech threatened? Really? Tell that to the mothers of children who've committed suicide due to "free speech" bullying in our nation's schools.

Disgustingly, the vast majority were not there to support the First Amendment. On the contrary, they were there to show support for denying the 14th Amendment to LGBT people.

-- Angela F. Luna, Sacramento

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