In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
And now today, Indiana head coach Stephanie White opens up her presser with a lecture on how America is racist and homophobic.
Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
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Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Mourners thronged a vast prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday as the week-long funeral ceremonies of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began with the national anthem, religious eulogies and readings from the Koran.
Swift recently paid tribute to the Hollywood icon with an entire song on The Life of a Showgirl and licensed imagery and other intellectual property from Elizabeth Taylor's estate for the music video.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Barcenas' tea-sipping celebration was a tribute to Alex Morgan, one of the Wave's owners, who pretended to take a sip of tea after scoring in a match against England during the 2019 Women's World Cup.
If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
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Emily Holshouser
July 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
The Cupichs attended a parish where mass was celebrated in Latin (the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council were yet to come) but the sermons were spoken in Croatian.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 July 2026
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