Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House chamber after she revealed a t-shirt with an anti-war slogan on it before President Bush’s State of the Union address.
Sheehan, who became a vocal war opponent after her son was killed in Iraq, was an invited guest of Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-California, who has called for a withdrawal of troops in Iraq and supports legislation for the creation of a Department of Peace.
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She was invited to the State of the Union and Bush had her arrested. For wearing a t-shirt.
Free speech isn’t dead in this country, but if someone doesn’t get it a blood transfusion soon, it will be.