"California man Xavier Alvarez is challenging a law known as the Stolen Valor Act -- federal legislation that in 2006 made it illegal for people to claim to have won or to wear military medals or ribbons they did not earn. Alvarez was convicted of violating the act in 2007 after he publicly claimed to have won the country's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Alvarez never served in the military.
Alvarez was sentenced to three years probation, a $5,000 fine and community service, but he and his lawyer appealed the decision, saying that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional -- essentially that it violates a person's right to lie.
"The Stolen Valor Act criminalizes pure speech in the form of bare falsity, a mere telling of a lie," Alvarez's attorney, Jonathan Libby said in February. "It doesn't matter whether the lie was told in a public meeting or in a private conversation with a friend or family member."
Alvarez and ALL those like him can bitch, whine, lie and complain all they want...it is what they do best!
If you lie about being SF, you WILL be found out because those who shed Blood, Sweat, and Tears that are the real thing will hunt you down.
May God have no mercy on his soul, for he has none, IMHO.
Holly
