From the Cary News comes word that the ACLU will continue to defend Cary resident David Bowden’s free speech rights when the Town appeals its loss of the court case over Bowden’s “screwed by the Town of Cary” sign to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

 

Cary contends the town did not want to restrict Bowden’s speech – but how he displayed his message.

“We don’t let people in Cary graffiti the side of their house,” Frantz said. “This is a blight on our community.”

Katie Parker, the legal director for the ACLU of North Carolina, said her organization will continue to fight the appeal on Bowden’s behalf.

“This is about his right to say what he wants about his government on his own property in a way that communicates the message to the government,” she said.

 

While I wouldn’t be pleased if Bowden’s message/sign was displayed in my neighborhood, the ACLU is correct. What if Cary decided that a T-shirt of a bumper sticker was inappropriate for the town?