29 June 2012
Did you know that I received the Medal of Honor?
Not really. But in America, you can now make up bogus stories like that because yesterday, the Supreme Court, which I must say has been quite busy over the last few days, struck down a federal law making it a crime to lie about receiving the Medal of Honor and other prized military awards, with justices branding such claims contemptible but nonetheless protected by the First Amendment. While protected speech, lying about receiving such medals goes against the doctrines of several religions, and it is also an insult to the soldiers who did receive them. So it's just best not to do it.
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