Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a measure that cracks down on individuals who create a disturbance near schools in the state. The measure was proposed by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, who penned it in response to a 2003 incident at a middle school in Rancho Palos Verdes when a car displaying images of an aborted fetus drove by the middle school.
Because of the photos, Mendoza claims some students began to cry, while others were angered or stood in the middle of the street, creating a safety hazard.
"But I think the main thing they object to is that it is Christian speech, that it's moral speech," suggests Cherill Clifford, Senate district director for the California Republican Assembly. "And I just get the feeling that across the board in education today, they don't want Christian speech. That's why the Ten Commandments [aren't] allowed there anymore [and] you're not supposed to talk...