article_snippet: the state violated the group's First Amendment rights has brought together some unlikely allies, including the American Civil Liberties Union, anti-abortion groups, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, civil libertarian Nat Hentoff and conservative satirist P.J. O'Rourke. '
article_snippet: In a free society, offensive speech should not just be tolerated, offensive speech regular presence should be celebrated as a symbol of democratic health — however odorous the products of a democracy may be,' Hentoff
article_snippet: , conservative satirist P.J. O'Rourke said in a brief backing the group.
article_snippet: The First Amendment applies when governments try to regulate the speech of others, but not when governments are doing the talking.