H/T: Blackfive and Eaglespeak for this one.
A U.S. District Court Judge in Colorado has found the Stolen Valor Act to be facially unconstitutional. In the case of Rick Strandlof aka Rick Duncan his case was thrown out due to this ruling. The basic statement here is that it is ok to lie when you are not going to gain anything from it. I and many others will, and have, called BULLSHIT on this one. As stated on another blog you do not begin to wear the ribbons and medals that you did not earn without some attempt to gain from it. Whether or not that gain is to pick up a date in a bar or to gain donations for your organization as this idiot Strandlof did you are attempting to gain from it. Strandlof paraded himself as wounded U.S.Marine Captain Rick Duncan who had been awarded the Silver Star and a Purple Heart from wounds received in combat that he never saw. He then went on to form an organization called Colorado Veterans Alliance and proceeded to solicit donations as Rick Duncan Captain USMC . Not only is this ruling a slap in the face to the many veterans who have rightfully been awarded such medals but it is a slap in the face of every member of the military currently serving. Had Strandlof lied to get into the military he would have been booted out if the lie was serious enough. Had Strandlof lied to get a date she (or he) most likely would have kicked his sorry ass to the curb for it. Had he lied in front of this very Judge he would have been found guilty of perjury but yet lying by wearing medals he did not earn is quite ok according to this Judge and it is a protected 1st Amendment right to be able to do so. Go freaking figure that a Judge would have his head shoved so far up his ass as to make this ruling.
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