Political signs with profanity are considered protected speech, according to a First Amendment expert.
An ABC15 viewer reached out to ask why signs with the words, “F**k your prayers,” were allowed.
“Kids are seeing this and it’s not appropriate,” he said.
Political signs – even those with profanity – have the highest First Amendment protection, according to an expert at Arizona State University.
“And the court has said … this is core political speech when you’re talking about elections and who somebody should vote for,” said Gregg Leslie, the executive director of ASU’s First Amendment Clinic.
The bottom of the sign says it is paid for by the campaign of Gallego’s Republican opponent for Senate, Kari Lake.
The sign quotes in part a post Gallego made after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022. He responded to a California congressman who posted, “Our thoughts and prayers are with these families.” In his tweet, Gallego also said prayers “haven’t worked for the last 20 mass shootings” and called for “passing laws that will stop these killings.”