I received this e-mail invitation blast from the Space Coast Freethought Association (SCFA):
SCFA’s First Amendment Celebration is on for Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 1:30 in the large meeting room of the Melbourne Public Library at 540 E. Fee Ave.
Groups are welcome to set up info tables and hand out literature.
If you’d like to read a certain part of the U.S. Constitution, email me and let me know and I’ll reserve it for you; otherwise, you can sign up to read portions when you arrive at the meeting. Instead of speeches and music, this year, we’ll read the Constitution and then have something of a First Amendment party with discussion and FOOD!
Hope to see you all there!
Given my past experience, I have to wonder about the merits of this event. Several of its more vocal members tend to interpret the Constitution as a living document aimed at promoting the general welfare rather than a rigid embodiment of natural law aimed at protecting the individual from the collective. I suppose I could make an appearance and read the Second Amendment with the right tone to show that I support the individual right to weapons ownership, thus entertaining myself with the looks of disgust on the faces of several members, but I do not find the prospect that entertaining.
I open the floor to comments and suggestions about whether this event has any redeeming qualities making my appearance as the RoR Local Clubs Coordinator for PROPEL(TM) worthwhile.
(Edited by Luke Setzer on 6/18, 9:55pm)
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