Maine Spanked for Ban On Santa's Butt Beer Label ; an Advocacy Group Calls the State's Ruling One of 2006's Worst Assaults On Free Speech.

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A dispute about breasts and backsides on beer labels earned the state a place on an annual list of freedom-of-speech foes.

The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression picked a state agency's ban on Santa's Butt Winter Porter as one of the nation's most egregious violations of free speech last year.

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Maine Spanked for Ban On Santa's Butt Beer Label ; an Advocacy Group Calls the State's Ruling One of 2006's Worst Assaults On Free Speech.

"I think I'd put this more into the ridiculous category, but even the ones that seem pretty silly touch on pretty serious issues," said Joshua Wheeler, associate director of the J...

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