On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:09:40 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> But since these nut-case preachers are getting on national TV and saying
> they're asking *GOD* to kill Obama, it's apparently not a problem for
> the secret service to look into.

Well, yeah, there's nothing actionable there.  Free speech and all that - 
until someone actually *does* something to be a physical threat.

One could argue that such speech is incitement, which is illegal, but the 
government seems to be reluctant to charge a religious organization (or 
personality) with incitement.  To an extent, I can see why - if they were 
to go after them, that would inflame the situation.  Remember David 
Koresh?

Jim

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