'I am making sure Modesto is not a place for hate speech,' says Matthew Mason, whose mother, Mylinda, is one of the organizers of a straight pride slated for August 24.
Matthew, 28, is also helping to plan a candlelight vigil before the council meeting.
Mason says he supports the First Amendment, but insists the permit should be denied because of the potential for violence."They have the right to express their speech but not to incite violence." "We are not happy they are going to try to shut down our side and deny us peaceable assembly," Mylinda said."It's obvious we have two opposing views. It's the other side that wants the opposing view shut down. It's not our side.
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