"A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday."
The pair had been bounced for simply standing quietly at the West Virginia State Capitol building, where Bush had been speaking at a public rally on July 4 in 2004. Yes, Independence Day. Ironic, is it not?
"The front of the Ranks' homemade T-shirts bore the international symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush." The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush." On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change Starts at Home."
Yep, that's some incendiary hate speech right there.
"White House spokesman Blair Jones said the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing."
Will you just sit down and be quiet?
More of everyone's hard-earned tax dollars spent on compensating people for having their rights squashed. Feel like you got your money's worth?
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