Judge: Louisiana woman has right to display middle finger in holiday lights on home

[The Straight Story]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge says a Louisiana woman has the right to display holiday lights on her roof in the form of an extended middle finger.

Sarah Childs sued Denham Springs, its mayor and police chief, claiming she was threatened with arrest if she didn't take down the display.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed the suit Thursday on Childs' behalf. Soon after, U.S. District Judge James Brady issued a temporary restraining order barring officials from interfering with the display in the city near Baton Rouge.

Childs erected the lights last month as part of a continuing dispute with her neighbors. She says she has removed them twice after one police officer told her she could be fined and another threatened to arrest her.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/judge-la-woman-can-flip-finger-holiday-lights

[Skittles]

1. seriously juvenile and demented

they need to get mediation involved

[liberalhistorian]

2. Why? It's her house and her property,

if that's how she wants her lights, then so be it. What the hell are the cops getting involved in such unimportant trivia for, and why the hell should someone be arrested and fined for the kind of lights they have on their own damned house?

[Aerows]

3. She has the right to do it

It doesn't mean she's right to do it, but that's how some people choose to use their right to free speech.