A disagreement about minors' exposure to a sexual drag show ensued between Darcy Creech and other festival attendees in Sun Valley in June. Stating that Creech's speech was "unacceptable," Sun Valley law enforcement officers allegedly pursued Creech to her home after she peacefully left the festival.
Pacific Justice Institute has filed a federal lawsuit on Creech's behalf, claiming she was deprived of her free-speech rights and not provided an alternative means to express an opposing viewpoint from those at the Pride Festival.
"All Americans have a First Amendment right to be able to express their viewpoint – and especially their religious viewpoint and convictions," says PJI president Brad Dacus.
Dacus says that "all too often" his firm is finding efforts to silence and censor people with religious perspectives and a Christian worldview.
"She didn't threaten anyone," Dacus tells AFN. "She is a loving mother and grandmother, and we are filing a lawsuit for this intimidation against her for exercising her First Amendment rights."
AFN is seeking comments from the Sun Valley police department. In the meantime, Dacus says what happened in Sun Valley, Idaho, this summer could occur in any U.S. community tomorrow.
"The bottom-line end goal for those on the radical Left is to silence people of faith, to completely take people of faith out of the marketplace of ideas and influence," he warns. "If we let it happen in one place, it'll happen in another and another."
Creech is being represented in Idaho by PJI staff attorney Kate Hartley.
