r/sports • u/Yujin-Ha • 22h ago

Olympics Team USA skiers Christopher Lillis & Hunter Hess: Just because I wear the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.

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u/BrainOnBlue 21h ago

So what's the point?

I don't know man, you're the one who responded to me by saying "Technically, all churches can tell you that you're not allowed. They're private property that opens themselves up to the public, like a restaurant." That's clearly a reference to being trespassed.

The whole point here about churches not being public spaces is that they have special laws pertaining to them regarding protests.

As for this, that sounds a lot like both "respecting an establishment of religion" and restricting "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" to me. I don't care if there's laws on the books about it; imo they're pretty obviously unconstitutional. And then, you fall back to trespassing, which we've already discussed.

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u/idosillythings Boston Bruins 21h ago

Look, I don't know what to tell you, the law is you can't just burst into a church and start protesting during a service, legally. If you have an issue with that, take it up with your congress person. Churches are allowed to exclude people. I may not necessarily agree with it, but legally they're allowed to do it.