When I first saw this toon, I thought it was about Gene Abdallah’s fascination with urine.
Remember what the State Legislature told us last year? They had to repeal IM 22 because one circuit judge who is a partisan hack for the Republican Party said he felt parts of it were unconstitutional.
So what do our constitutional geniuses decide to do? They want to ban anyone from altering the state seal.
Libby Skarin, policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, said the legislation is in conflict with the First Amendment, which protects freedom of expression.
“It’s not a road that’s constitutional and it’s not a road we want to go down,” Skarin said.
Peterson said she wasn’t aiming to address Mehling’s image with her bill, but advised those using the seal without express permission to reconsider.
“Anybody that is using it in a way that is not consistent with the Constitution and state law should take a look at it and not do it anymore,” Peterson said
While Peterson is concerned about how some shirt was made (maybe call the prison and have them fix it) it’s no reason to make a law that is clearly a violation of the 1st Amendment.
Over the past 12 years that I have been blogging, you can’t imagine the crap I have heard about my political cartoons. First off, you can’t make a law that stops people from altering the state seal and secondly this proposed legislation just proves, once again, how F%#@ing Stupid our (mostly Republican) state legislature is. We should pass a law that requires our legislators have a higher IQ then monkeys.
It’s like some of our legislators are just playing government. Many of them have less maturity and understanding of how our government works than the average Boys State or Girls State attendee…. I think the Boy and Girl Staters should go talk to the legislature each January to explain how government works instead of the other way around from now on….
And remember, this “protect the seal idea” has come from the same political party, which can’t keep track of the whereabouts of our original state flag either, that was suppose to be in the safekeeping of the Secretary of State’s office all the time…. And the same political party, I might add, which has no problem with bikini clad biker women running around Sturgis in their “Old Glory” thongs all in the name of tourism….Or, do they call that “economic development?”… (I know its a development)
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#CluelessInPierre
“When I first saw this toon, I thought it was about Gene Abdallah’s fascination with urine.†LMFAO kind of sad it could apply to multiple things isn’t it?
Oh dear! The fun one could have with the state seal and flag now. There is already a growing boycott from that SB 149 or whatever religious discrimination against LGBTQ couples. Our state is in the news every session trying to maintain it’s status as # 1 state for the most outlandish negative things. Roy Moore would be Speaker of the House and honored if he moved here. Creative juices are going in regards to using the SD Seal.