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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-free-speech-applies-to-all-even-distasteful-muhammad-cartoons.ece"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-antimuslim5315gc08_43696257.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/ANTIMUSLIM5315GC08_43696257.JPG" alt="" title="A heavily-armed police officer walks around the perimeter of the Curtis Culwell Center during the American Freedom Defense Initiative program." width="620" height="385" rel="widget3413-story2282618-picture2282617-info" class="stories-topstory-topPicture inpage-cropable inpage-image-2282617-ALTERNATES-w620 inpage-dim-620-385 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive"/> </a> <div id="indexCredit" class="ssCredit small"> Gregory Castillo / Staff Photographer </div> </div> <p class="DMNStoryTease">You may not like what organizers of a Muhammad “cartoon contest” have to say. Too bad, they argue; free speech, that bedrock American value, gives them the right. And they have a point. <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-free-speech-applies-to-all-even-distasteful-muhammad-cartoons.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="You may not like what organizers of a Muhammad \u201Ccartoon contest\u201D have to say. Too bad, they argue; free speech, that bedrock American value, gives them the right. And they have a point." data-headline="Editorial: Free speech applies to all, even distasteful Muhammad cartoons"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="widget stories custom dnNewHome dnHomeSecondLede simple-separator-top " data-vr-zone="Top Stories 2"> <div class="article news first default " data-vr-contentbox=""> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20150505-dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com_files_2015_05_garnet.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com_files_2015_05_GARNET.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2283579-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-4 " alt="State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, shown here during a Committee on Public Health, is one of the faces of the many people who live successfully with a bipolar diagnosis and who has worked to increase services for the mentally ill. (Austin Ame" title="State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, shown here during a Committee on Public Health hearing in Austin, is one of the faces of the many people who live successfully with a bipolar diagnosis and who has worked to increase services for the mentally ill." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/cowboys-story-shows-mental-illness-stigma-still-thrives-lets-give-equal-time-to-new-resources.html/';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/cowboys-story-shows-mental-illness-stigma-still-thrives-lets-give-equal-time-to-new-resources.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283576-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> Sharon Grigsby: Cowboys story shows mental illness stigma still thrives </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283576-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-8058">I winced when I saw the bold centerpiece headline on dallasnews.com Saturday afternoon: "Source: Randy Gregory suffers from bipolar disorder"</span> <span class="dateline">04:36 PM</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/cowboys-story-shows-mental-illness-stigma-still-thrives-lets-give-equal-time-to-new-resources.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="I winced when I saw the bold centerpiece headline on dallasnews.com Saturday afternoon: \"Source: Randy Gregory suffers from bipolar disorder\"" data-headline="Sharon Grigsby: Cowboys story shows mental illness stigma still thrives"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize groupHeadlineCol1" id="grey"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/">opinion blog</a> </div> <div class="widget feed rssHeadline rssHeadline-103373 leftRailFeed"> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Opinion Blog"> <ul class="list-unstyled"> <li class="simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h4 class="tf1f2 h7 sbn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/if-isis-wants-the-garland-terrorists-they-are-welcome-to-them.html/" target="_self">If ISIS wants the Garland terrorists, they are welcome to them</a></h4> </li> <li class="simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h4 class="tf1f2 h7 sbn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/get-ready-for-open-season-on-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-texas-cities.html/" target="_self">Get ready for open season on oil and gas drilling in Texas cities.</a></h4> </li> <li class="" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h4 class="tf1f2 h7 sbn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/cowboys-story-shows-mental-illness-stigma-still-thrives-lets-give-equal-time-to-new-resources.html/" target="_self">Cowboys story shows mental illness stigma still thrives; 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class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150505-anne-neal-ut-a-case-study-in-the-need-for-trustee-governance.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283933-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Anne Neal: UT a case study in the need for trustee governance </a> <span class="dateline">06:17 PM</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150505-anne-neal-ut-a-case-study-in-the-need-for-trustee-governance.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Regents bear final legal responsibility for their institutions, and they must have the information they need, she says." data-headline="Anne Neal: UT a case study in the need for trustee governance"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150505-wardah-khalid-pamela-geller-and-company-went-looking-for-trouble.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283921-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Wardah Khalid: Pamela Geller and company went looking for trouble </a> <span class="dateline">06:16 PM</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150505-wardah-khalid-pamela-geller-and-company-went-looking-for-trouble.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="As a result, all American Muslims now have greater reason to fear violence, she says." data-headline="Wardah Khalid: Pamela Geller and company went looking for trouble"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a 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viziwyg-field-2282822-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Ross Douthat: What conservatives say about unions also applies to police </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150504-ross-douthat-what-conservatives-say-about-unions-also-applies-to-police.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="The similarities between police and teacher groups are striking, and both need reform, the columnist says." data-headline="Ross Douthat: What conservatives say about unions also applies to police"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/">Texan of the Year</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " 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They are selfless heroes, survivors and Dallas Morning News 2014 Texans of the Year." data-headline="2014 Texans of the Year: The Ebola Warriors"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 stn tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20141227-keven-ann-willey-behind-the-scenes-in-making-our-big-decision.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2111782-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Keven Ann Willey: Behind the scenes in making our Big Decision </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20141227-keven-ann-willey-behind-the-scenes-in-making-our-big-decision.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="From our longest list of candidates ever, the newspaper\u2019s Texan of the Year pick came quickly this year." data-headline="Keven Ann Willey: Behind the scenes in making our Big Decision"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-texan-of-the-year-suggestions-from-our-readers.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-phil_collins_alamo_38479499.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/PHIL_COLLINS_ALAMO_38479499.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2111803-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8061 img-responsive" title="OK, so musician Phil Collins isn’t technically from Texas - but several of you said the Alamo aficionado deserves Texan of the Year honors for donating his personal collection of artifacts to the San Antonio shrine." width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-texan-of-the-year-suggestions-from-our-readers.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2111804-TITLE viziwyg-section-8061"> Texan of the Year: Suggestions from our readers </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-texan-of-the-year-suggestions-from-our-readers.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Hundreds of you wrote in with your nominations for the annual distinction." data-headline="Texan of the Year: Suggestions from our readers"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="widget code html widget-editable viziwyg-section-4 inpage-widget-2098647 simple-separator"> <div style="clear:both;height:1rem;"> </div> </div> <div class="widget html default codeWidgetLinks"> <p class="codeWidgetLinks"><h4><b>DMN Opinion on Twitter</b></h4></p> <iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20150505232923if_/http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=1028382&ThemeId=23043" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/">editorials</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150505-editorial-tent-cities-under-i-45-are-no-way-to-solve-dallas-homelessness-problem.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-top"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150505-cecilia-terrell.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/Cecilia+Terrell.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2283956-ALTERNATES-w460 inpage-dim-460-286 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive" title="Cecilia Terrell, a tent-dweller among the homeless under Interstate 45, defends camp life as preferable to the “nightmare” of living in shelters or group homes." width="460" height="286"/> </a> <h3 class="h5 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150505-editorial-tent-cities-under-i-45-are-no-way-to-solve-dallas-homelessness-problem.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283957-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: Tent cities under I-45 are no way to solve Dallas’ homelessness problem </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150505-editorial-tent-cities-under-i-45-are-no-way-to-solve-dallas-homelessness-problem.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="A growing homeless encampment under the highway is an embarrassing reminder that Dallas needs more permanent supportive housing." data-headline="Editorial: Tent cities under I-45 are no way to solve Dallas\u2019 homelessness problem"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-tap-the-brakes-before-you-decide-whos-right-in-city-hall-vs.-griggs-case.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-griggs.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/Griggs.jpg" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2282759-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive" title="From attorney Lary Friedman, who is representing Scott Griggs, pictured above: “Scott is being punished for demanding transparency. We're not going to stand for it.”" width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-tap-the-brakes-before-you-decide-whos-right-in-city-hall-vs.-griggs-case.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2282760-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: Tap the brakes before you decide who’s right in City Hall vs. Griggs case </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-tap-the-brakes-before-you-decide-whos-right-in-city-hall-vs.-griggs-case.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="What\u2019s most important right now is that the decision is in the hands of an objective third party." data-headline="Editorial: Tap the brakes before you decide who\u2019s right in City Hall vs. Griggs case"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-free-speech-applies-to-all-even-distasteful-muhammad-cartoons.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-antimuslim5315gc08_43696257.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/ANTIMUSLIM5315GC08_43696257.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2282617-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive" title="A heavily-armed police officer walks around the perimeter of the Curtis Culwell Center during the American Freedom Defense Initiative program." width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-free-speech-applies-to-all-even-distasteful-muhammad-cartoons.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2282618-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: Free speech applies to all, even distasteful Muhammad cartoons </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150504-editorial-free-speech-applies-to-all-even-distasteful-muhammad-cartoons.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="You may not like what organizers of a Muhammad \u201Ccartoon contest\u201D have to say. Too bad, they argue; free speech, that bedrock American value, gives them the right. And they have a point." data-headline="Editorial: Free speech applies to all, even distasteful Muhammad cartoons"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/">Letters to the Editor</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/violence-not-part-of-islamic-scripture.html/" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-top"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20150505-letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com_files_2015_05_aptopix_prophet_cartoon_contest_shooting_43705101.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com_files_2015_05_APTOPIX_PROPHET_CARTOON_CONTEST_SHOOTING_43705101.jpg" alt="Culwell center" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2283790-ALTERNATES-w460 inpage-dim-460-286 viziwyg-section-4 img-responsive" title="Police stand guard outside the Curtis Culwell Center, Monday, May 4, 2015, in Garland, Texas. Two men opened fire on police Sunday night who were guarding a provocative contest for Prophet Muhammed cartoons." width="460" height="286"/> </a> <h3 class="h5 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/violence-not-part-of-islamic-scripture.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283787-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> Violence not part of Islamic scripture </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/violence-not-part-of-islamic-scripture.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Re: \"Offensive and Protected - Yes, including one group\'s hateful anti-Islam views,\" Tuesday Editorials." data-headline="Violence not part of Islamic scripture"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 stn tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/we-need-more-moms-like-toya-graham.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283777-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> We need more moms like Toya Graham </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/we-need-more-moms-like-toya-graham.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="An agenda at work" data-headline="We need more moms like Toya Graham"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150505232923/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/time-for-a-culture-change.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2283775-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> Time for a culture change </a> <span 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