Post by pavel on Mar 17, 2016 18:19:28 GMT -6
NASHVILLE — A Republican lawmaker on Thursday defended his comments that free speech rights on Tennessee college campuses should apply to everyone — even recruiters for the Islamic State group.
State Rep. Martin Daniel of Knoxville said on the floor of the state House that he supports First Amendment rights for people and groups regardless of whether he agrees with their aims.
"I will never apologize for defending the First Amendment," he said. "I will always cloak myself in it, and defend others' right to speak."
Daniel had been challenged about the impact of his proposed "Tennessee Student Free Speech Protection Act" in a committee hearing a day earlier. Democratic Rep. John Deberry of Memphis had asked whether it would go so far as to allow people to stand in the middle of campus and "recruit for ISIS."
Read more: www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/free-speech-bill-withdrawn-after-islamic-state-comments-2e40a37b-dba4-326b-e053-0100007f0e35-372385231.html
State Rep. Martin Daniel of Knoxville said on the floor of the state House that he supports First Amendment rights for people and groups regardless of whether he agrees with their aims.
"I will never apologize for defending the First Amendment," he said. "I will always cloak myself in it, and defend others' right to speak."
Daniel had been challenged about the impact of his proposed "Tennessee Student Free Speech Protection Act" in a committee hearing a day earlier. Democratic Rep. John Deberry of Memphis had asked whether it would go so far as to allow people to stand in the middle of campus and "recruit for ISIS."
Read more: www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/free-speech-bill-withdrawn-after-islamic-state-comments-2e40a37b-dba4-326b-e053-0100007f0e35-372385231.html