The San Diego politicians are waging a War of Intolerance and you are the victims. They have passed laws that outlaw skate boarding, dancing, and even cruising. And there is no end in sight. There latest law of intolerance is the San Diego Juvenile curfew.
The teen curfew forbids people under 18 from being out past 10 pm. In June of 1997, that curfew was ruled unconstitutional by a Federal Court. So what did the City Council do? They simply revised the curfew by adding some narrow exceptions.
20 days later we started to fight back. On July 11th, 1997 we launched our campaign to repeal the curfew in Mission Bay Park. We began with 50 people and, two weeks later we had 150 anti-curfew protesters. Since then we have had protest marches throughout San Diego including one that was covered by M-TV.
Many people justify the curfew by saying that teenagers do not have the same rights as adults. But this campaign is not about teenage rights. It is about the unjust punishment of......
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