Saturday, June 02, 2007

Illinois: A Small Victory for Abortion Critics

We read:

"A federal judge has struck down a Granite City ordinance limiting the types of signs that can be used by protesters, siding with a couple who insist they have the right to display large, graphic anti-abortion posters.

U.S. District Judge William Stiehl last week issued a partial summary judgment sought by Daniel and Angela Michael, declaring unconstitutional the St. Louis suburb's 16-month-old ordinance that said hand-held signs within 25 feet of its parade routes could be no larger than a letter-sized piece of paper.

The Michaels' lawsuit claimed the ordinance, enacted in January 2006, infringed on their rights to free speech, free exercise of religion and their participation in the political process.

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