Re: Federal judge rules Alabama city must allow gay pride float at Christmas parade
Josh Rosenbluth <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:36:49 -0800
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On 12/25/2024 11:28 AM, Scout wrote:
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> Further if they are in such danger maybe they should stay home or hire
> private security. After all the police have no obligation to protect
> anyone, nor to provide any special protection to anyone.
>
> I mean you do know that the Supreme Court has ruled time and time again
> that the police have NO obligation to protect any specific individual(s)
> from crime as their obligation is only to the community as a whole.
True. However, once the city turned down the float because the city
claimed the float needed protection, the First Amendment obligates the
city to provide the protection.
> This
> has been ruled on in multiple cases and as such, the police are under no
> obligation to provide special protection for that float. Indeed, if they
> did so, all the other floats could claim they were being discriminated
> against
No they can't because (once again) it was the city that claimed the
float needed protection.