Judge Waldrip then turns to the church’s argument that the lawsuit violates its free speech rights, and we’ll have our experts dive into that in more detail. But a quick reading suggests that Monique has properly filed a lawsuit based on being injured, and that your freedom of speech rights end when you bodily injure another person.
I find it so amazingly absurd that the Church of Scientology tries to hide behind "freedom of speech", when it
actively stifles freedom of speech anywhere it can!!!!!
Starting with Paulette Cooper - that is exactly what the Church of Scientology did. They actively set out to intentional HARM an innocent person to SHUT HER UP - because in truth, the Church of Scientology has never cared one iota for "free speech". "Free speech" is a PR slogan, it is a MOCK UP presented by Hubbard, to hide behind to make himself and itself look "good" (and to legally justify ANY sort of nasty behavior).
"Free speech" in Scientology? How many people have been tossed out and declared a suppressive person for simply saying something that disagreed with Hubbard, the Church of Scientology or Scientology management? MANY! "Free speech" is fine as long as you never say anything that contradicts the strict party-line. But then, that is not actually "free speech", is it?
And, to make matters worse, how many people have been actively harassed, lied about, slandered, had PIs sent after them, or sued by the Church of Scientology just to try to SHUT THEM UP?