Protect Free Speech in Wyoming

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The right to protest is a protected freedom, but it also comes with the reality that some may see speech they disagree with.

But threatening Wyomingites with felony charges for exercising their right to protest is a clear attempt to persuade them to remain silent and thus, chill their constitutionally protected right to assemble and speak.

That is why the ACLU of Wyoming opposes Senate File 87. This bill attempts to impose felony-level criminal penalties for unintentional conduct that may arise while a person is engaging in constitutionally protected speech that some may find distasteful. Such government retribution will chill protected speech in violation of the First Amendment and unnecessarily enshrine harsh, unnecessary criminal consequences in state law.

Will you drop a note to your legislators and tell them to oppose Senate File 87?

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House Judiciary Committee

The message:

The right to protest is a protected freedom, but it also comes with the reality that some may see speech they disagree with.

Will you drop a note to your legislators and tell them to oppose Senate File 87?

The recipients:

House Judiciary Committee

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Subject Vote No on SF 87

Regardless of where one stands on an individual cause or protest, the First Amendment protects the right to assemble, to speak, and to gather in protest. Some may see speech they disagree with or encounter protests they find inconvenient, but this does not alter the right to speak or allow the government to criminalize the speech they disfavor. That is why I am asking you to oppose Senate File 87.

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Threatening Wyomingites with felony charges for exercising their right to protest is a clear attempt to persuade them to remain silent and thus chill their constitutionally protected right to assemble and speak. I urge you to vote no on Senate File 87.

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