Sunday, May 13, 2007

No Free Speech for Fortune-Tellers?



It might be crap but it is clearly speech. But they don't seem to see it that way in one part of Louisiana:

"Predicting the future for money is illegal in Livingston Parish after the Parish Council unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday night banning the practice. The ordinance makes it illegal to engage in all forms of fortunetelling from crystal-ball gazing to card reading."

Source

Even nude dancing has been given free speech protection by SCOTUS -- even though it is clearly NOT speech. But something that clearly IS speech gets banned in Louisiana. The ban would probably get squashed by SCOTUS but it is unlikely to get that far.