What the heck is happening to our
country…. The U.S. Supreme Court says it is Legal to Impersonation Military
Hero
(Photo Courtesy of Washing Post)
As of last
Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court now claims it is legal to pretend to be a
decorated military veteran. The court determined that criminalizing military
impersonators is a violation of our freedom of speech rights. I am outraged by
this decision! The high court says it is
unlawful to pretend you are a firefighter or police officer, but you can tell
others that you are a former U.S. Navy seal with a Navy Cross.
Nobody in
this country deserves right to walk our local streets pretending to be a military
veteran. Don't walk around coming off as
something that you're not, especially something with this much meaning as a United
States of America military veteran.
The high
court ruling, this past Thursday struck down the “Stolen Valor Act”. This was a
law enacted making it a crime to lie about being a decorated service person.
The high court claims it undercuts the First Amendment. Simply put, the court
says you should be given the right to lie about your military service, if you
wish to do so.
I am not a
veteran of the military but, I know many individuals and their families that
have suffered. These people have earned the right to be honored. The U.S.
Supreme Court is allowing people to steal that reward from the military hero’s
and their families. I for one say, “This is wrong!”
The new
ruling may legalize military impersonation, but it does not legalize the
impersonation for means of seeking any sort of profit. The only good thing to
come from the U.S. Supreme Court is you can still prosecute people for claiming
to have received a military honor if they use that lie to profit from other
people.
I am one of
the many that support a special charity called Operation One Voice, Inc.
(501c-3). Operation One Voice is protected from these types of impostors by the
Board of Directors vetting everyone involved in the organization. I for one
stand behind Operation One Voice and the support it has given the Special OPS soldiers
and their families in the past and in the future.
To read more about Operation One Voice go to their web site:
THANKS FOR READING….. Branch
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