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...Melia I. Marden ’03, who has dated three Toscanini’s workers during her college days, some of the new things she’s seen on her dates have been rather jarring...
...Allison A. Melia...
Allison A. Melia ("The Limits of Free Speech," Feb. 8) seems to be in favor of free speech except when the speech does not comport with her view of what ideas are acceptable. She says that the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) espouses ideas so hideous--namely, the lowering of the age of consent for engaging in sex--that "it is unthinkable that the American government would allow this organization to continue." However, such a decision is not up to the government. The First Amendment, which protects NAMBLA's (and Ms. Melia's) freedom of association and freedom...
Should the courts protect NAMBLA's right to exist and to promote its admittedly unpopular views on its website? Ms. Melia predicts not on the basis of her conclusion that the First Amendment "is not an edict allowing deviants the freedom to express their depraved desires." However, she obviously has not read many of the high court's First Amendment cases. Just as the Constitution protects pure thoughts and words, it likewise protects "depraved" desires, as long as those desires are spoken but not acted upon. For example in a recent case the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the right...
...Melia is uncomfortable with NAMBLA's existence--that's obvious. But she's even more uncomfortable with what she contemptuously refers to, in quotation marks" as those "inalienable rights," such as free speech, that we citizens "stretch too far" for her taste...