Tag: Freedom of speech

An Update from Last Monday’s Gilford School Board’s Meeting: Policy JBAB

October 11, 2022

by Skip

“Should” does not mean “shall” or “must” but is a permissive term. Nothing in this Policy limits the rights of individuals under the federal or state constitutions. About time that our Constitutions are brought front and center! Most of what I wanted to say, I did here (“Gilford School Board Meeting – They Have Finally Seen the Light! … Read more

Gilford School Board Meeting – They Have Finally Seen the Light! Well, except for One School Board Member

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

by Skip

Monday night was the October monthly meeting of the School Board, and this month was a joint meeting with the Gilmanton School Board (they tuition their high school students into Gilford High). Thus, the meeting was longer than normal; the video of that joint meeting is below.

NH Governor Chris Sununu Whacks the First Amendment and Takes All His Credibility With It

May 31, 2022

by Beth Scaer

When I discovered Friday morning that NH Governor Chris Sununu had HB1625, the Sidewalk Free Speech Act on his desk I knew that he would veto or sign the bill that afternoon, right before the long holiday weekend hoping no one would notice. But I wasn’t going to let it pass unnoticed.

“God-Fearing Catholic” Nashua Alderman Says Fly Satanic Temple Flag With Save Women’s Sports Flag

May 26, 2022

by Beth Scaer

At the May 10 meeting of the Nashua Board of Aldermen, after I spoke during the public comment period about my Save Women’s Sports flag being taken down from the Citizen Flag Pole by the order of Mayor Jim Donchess in October 2020, Alderman-at-Large Melbourne Moran responded by saying:

State Employee Rapes Girl and Sununu Wants to Help Cover up Future Cases

May 8, 2022

by Beth Scaer

In Kevin Landrigan’s column in the Union Leader on April 23, he summarized an article in the Boston Globe that told the story of a young teen girl who was repeatedly raped by a New Hampshire government employee at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester.

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Top 10 Reasons Why the NH Buffer Zone Law Must Be Repealed

April 19, 2022

by Beth Scaer

HB1625 is being heard today in the NH Senate Judiciary Committee and this is my testimony that I will share with the members of the committee.

Ask NH Reps to Vote to Protect Everyone’s Freedom of Speech

March 13, 2022

by Beth Scaer

New Hampshire bill HB1625, the Sidewalk Free Speech Act, is scheduled to be voted on by the full NH House this week. The Act would repeal the unconstitutional buffer zone law which allows private abortion businesses to designate up to 25 feet of the public sidewalk and street as no-free-speech zones where even silent prayer is not allowed.

Mayor Joyce Craig Was for Freedom of Speech Before She Was Against It

February 22, 2022

by Beth Scaer

In 2014, NH Governor Maggie Hassan signed an unconstitutional buffer zone bill into law that allows an abortion business to take control of up to 25 feet of the public sidewalk and street and designate it as a no-free-speech zone where even silent prayer is banned.

BCRC November Meeting – Resolution: Investigation into the October Executive Council Arrests, Therese Grinnell

November 14, 2021

by Skip

Wednesday was the November meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee held at the Gilford Public Library. There were the normal “reports” (not recorded),

Gilford School Board – RTK this: Signed Copies of Policy BCA that mandates a Code of Ethics.

August 6, 2021

by Skip

Really? So School Board are assuming that merely by dint of winning a School Board race, the winning candidate is automatically enrolled into following a Code of Ethics? Funny, I always thought such a document had to be signed by consent? This Policy give NO ability of a School Board Member to do either #9 or … Read more

ACLU-NH’s Double Standard on Freedom of Speech

February 6, 2022June 1, 2021

by Beth Scaer

Seven years ago, the ACLU-NH lobbied for the Buffer Zone law which allows New Hampshire abortion facilities to designate up to 25 feet of the public sidewalk and street outside their facilities as no-free-speech zones.

Do Your Reps Oppose Freedom of Speech?

April 5, 2021

by Beth Scaer

There are several NH Republican state reps that are promising to vote against a bill that would repeal an unconstitutional law. The law allows private businesses to declare up to 25 feet of the public sidewalk and street as a no-free-speech zone, giving these private businesses control over public property.

If Teaching Critical Race Theory Is Protected Speech Then So Is Flying the Save Women’s Sports Flag

March 18, 2021

by Beth Scaer

Last fall, we got permission to fly the Save Women’s Sports flag for a week on the Citizen Flag Pole in Nashua City Hall Plaza. We raised it on a Saturday, and early Sunday morning Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess sent two city employees to take it down.

YouTube is Censoring Senate Committee Testimony It Does Not Like

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

YouTube took down “two videos of doctors testifying under oath.” The doctors appeared before a December 8 Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing. Sen. Ron Johnson sent a tweet on January 27. He was protesting.

Die Gedanken sind frei … A Tune for While You Read

January 26, 2021

Die Gedanken sind frei … My thoughts freely flower. My thoughts give me power. No scholar can map them; no hunter can trap them; o man can deny… Die Gedanken sind frei.

Well, I didn’t see this coming: “To bypass lockdowns, Calif. pastor temporarily turns church into strip club”

December 4, 2020

by Skip

This is what happens when elected representatives believe THEY know better what others need than those others KNOW they need. It’s also clear that the general public, in ways both large and small, can figure out a “system” and how to exploit its weaknesses.

ACLU Lawyer Wants to Suppress Free Speech

September 4, 2021November 25, 2020

by Beth Scaer

On November 7, Abigail Shrier wrote about how activists are trying to cancel her book “Irreversible Damage.” Shrier’s book is about how girls in large numbers, suffering what has been called Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD), are becoming victims of social pressure to identify as boys and many are permanently damaging their bodies with testosterone and double mastectomies.

FSU Student President Reinstated … Sharia Strength

October 29, 2020October 28, 2020

Florida State University’s student-run Supreme Court has ordered the student senate to reinstate its former president Jack Denton. Denton’s removal came about for expressing his Catholic beliefs in a private group chat.

save womens sports flag on citizen flag pole

Nashua Removes “Save Women’s Sports” Flag, Claims Neutrality

January 30, 2022October 13, 2020

by Beth Scaer

My husband and friends and I raised the Save Women’s Sports flag on the Citizen Flag Pole on Nashua City Hall Plaza on Saturday, October 10, at 10 am, with permission from the City of Nashua. It was supposed to stay up until Friday, October 16.

The Election is November 3 … Choosing America

October 1, 2020

Americans, on November 3rd, we will choose someone to lead the nation. In making the choice we are choosing what kind of country we want to live in, work in, and raise their families in. We’ll be deciding what kind of America we believe in.