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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/30/portland-mayor-asks-feds-to-bar-free-speech-and-anti-sharia-rallies-after-stabbings/?utm_term=.9cb41de25050

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon criticized the mayor’s attempts to shut down both rallies, saying the government can’t revoke or deny a permit based on the demonstrators’ views.

“It may be tempting to shut down speech we disagree with,” the ACLU tweeted, “but once we allow the government to decide what we can say, see, or hear, or who we can gather with, history shows us that the most marginalized will be disproportionately censored and punished for unpopular speech.”

“If we allow the government to shut down speech for some, we all will pay the price down the line,” the organization added.