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.
McCullen v. Coakley
Tell NH Governor Chris Sununu to Stop Gaslighting Us and Vetoing Good Bills
When he first ran for office in 2016, NH Governor Chris Sununu promised in a letter to pro-life voters that he would sign a bill to repeal the buffer zone law, and yet he recently said that he is planning to veto HB1625, the Sidewalk Free Speech Act which would repeal the buffer zone law.
NH Governor Chris Sununu Threatens Freedom of Speech Then Claims to Be Against Overreaching Government
On Friday, when NH Governor Chris Sununu vetoed HB1131, a bill that would have prohibited New Hampshire schools from implementing face mask mandates he said this in his veto message:
Fight for Everyone’s Right to Stand, Kneel, Pray, and Speak on the Public Sidewalk
On June 10, 2014, NH Governor Maggie Hassan, now a US Senator, signed an unconstitutional buffer zone bill into law that allows an abortion business to designate up to 25 feet of the public sidewalk and street as a no-free-speech zone where even silent prayer is banned.
ACLU-NH’s Double Standard on Freedom of Speech
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?
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.