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Museum lawyer calls fund cutoff 'First Amendment catastrophe'
12.38 p.m. ET (1645 GMT) October 8, 1999
By Tom Hays, Associated Press
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's decision to pull a multimillion-dollar subsidy for a Brooklyn museum because of an exhibit he found offensive "is a First Amendment catastrophe," a museum lawyer charged today.
During a federal court hearing, attorney Floyd Abrams compared the city's response to the controversial "Sensation" exhibit to a book burning. He said threats to cut off financing and evict the Brooklyn Museum of Art from a city-owned building were "a form of destruction of free expression."
"It is no less evil than burning a painting," he said.
City attorneys were to respond later during the hearing on the museum's lawsuit accusing the city of violating its constitutional right to free speech. [/quote]
OK, let me see if I've got this straight: Los Angeles prohibits privately-funded gun shows on county property, and the lawyers don't say jack. Rudy cuts off public funding for a privately-owned museum, and the lawyers scream about Constitutional rights.
"First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." --Bill Shakespeare
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"America needs additional gun laws like a giraffe needs snow tires."
--Rabbi Mermelstein, JPFO
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/national/1008/d_ap_1008_367.sml
Museum lawyer calls fund cutoff 'First Amendment catastrophe'
12.38 p.m. ET (1645 GMT) October 8, 1999
By Tom Hays, Associated Press
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's decision to pull a multimillion-dollar subsidy for a Brooklyn museum because of an exhibit he found offensive "is a First Amendment catastrophe," a museum lawyer charged today.
During a federal court hearing, attorney Floyd Abrams compared the city's response to the controversial "Sensation" exhibit to a book burning. He said threats to cut off financing and evict the Brooklyn Museum of Art from a city-owned building were "a form of destruction of free expression."
"It is no less evil than burning a painting," he said.
City attorneys were to respond later during the hearing on the museum's lawsuit accusing the city of violating its constitutional right to free speech. [/quote]
OK, let me see if I've got this straight: Los Angeles prohibits privately-funded gun shows on county property, and the lawyers don't say jack. Rudy cuts off public funding for a privately-owned museum, and the lawyers scream about Constitutional rights.
"First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." --Bill Shakespeare
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"America needs additional gun laws like a giraffe needs snow tires."
--Rabbi Mermelstein, JPFO