Reply #131: Nope, different argument. [View All]

[Xithras]

War protesters are arrested for gathering on public property without a permit, and can be arrested for failing to disperse. The Quran burning will happen on private property. You do not need a permit to gather on private property, and the police cannot order a legal gathering on private property to disperse (1st amendment freedom of assembly).

You'd have a good argument if they were going to burn these in a public park or on the steps of city hall, but they are planning on burning them on the front lawn of their own church. You can't arrest people for gathering on their own lawn (well, the police technically , but they'd lose a mint in the civil rights suit that would follow).