This St. Petersburg Times Story takes a look at The city of Dunedin PL, in Pinellas County FL, and their policy for to deny the use of their community rooms to any citizens who want them for \”political\” or \”religious\” purposes, among other things.
He says this is based on a very unhealthy, modern misconception: Free speech is too messy, too impolite and something that needs to be excluded from a \”neutral\” public forum.
\”Both Dunedin and Tarpon Springs believe that these are funded by all the taxpayers,\” Hubbard explained. \”They are secular facilities. Religious services or partisan political activities in these publicly funded rooms are not appropriate.\”
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