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Freedom of speech laws apply to the Government, not private corporations.

There is no "right" to free speech in the US between 2 non government entities.

This would be illegal if a publicly owned entity had this policy (say a historic library or a public garden)....

It's stupid and probably not enforceable, but its a civil court case.

It's well established that you can be held to a contract to not say something. There still needs to be the standard requirements of a contract: mutual understanding, consideration, legality.

This contract holds you responsible for others' behavior, which is less well established.

Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1357/

That's fine, I just wish people would stop pretending free speech is some great American value then. What they really value is the right to silence people by any means possible, stopping just short of imprisonment.

I wish people would stop defining "free speech" for themselves and getting disappointed that it doesn't mean what they want it to mean.

Well if all it is is a protection from imprisonment, and not some higher ideal, it's hardly worth talking about.

There's the First Amendment and then there's free speech.