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To: epicure who wrote (30410)	2/20/2004 4:28:53 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793707

No, the cases cited say that the rule applies UNLESS there is a compelling state interest, in which case it is a question as to WHETHER there is regulating of content, not that there IS. As the Court had ruled in some of the abortion cases that the simple act of restricting SOME demonstrators rather than others is NOT regulation of content. A gathering of people for a political event may be considered a captive audience, because they can not otherwise avoid the speech without abandoning the event, depending on the size of the demonstration. And for you to say that there is not the same history of violence with political protestors is just mind boggling. Especially in the last decade. Witness Seattle. Derek