LAT on free speech

The LAT says everybody is entitled to speak freely. Just not "a brillant judge" or a "bigoted cop."

The judge in question is Alex Kozinski, federal appeals court judge on the 9th Circuit. Kozinski is one of the few conservatives on the left-leaning 9th Circuit, which is so far out of the mainstream that it has often been reversed by the U. S. Supreme Court.

The "bigoted cop" is an unnamed sergeant on the Los Angeles Police Department who is also a pastor. According to the LAT, the pastor declared at a funeral for a fellow police officer that homosexual acts are an abomination. This makes the pastor "bigoted," the LAT judged, without explaining why speaking the truth is being a bigot.

The point, presumably, is that you can say or do anything you want unless the LAT disapproves.