I'm curious - the Boy Scouts won the right to not admit gay members (and I agree with that ruling). The right to freedom of association was upheld. However, shouldn't that right also in turn apply to the other side? If gays want to have a gathering, they should be able to exclude folks that they do not want there.
You can't have it both ways.
Wait a minute. The Christians were there 1st.
So Christians can't be on a public street because homosexuals are there?
Correct me if I`m wrong, the Boy Scouts prohibit gay scout-masters, not gay members. If this is the case, then the comparison to the religious group who`s members were arrested is invalid because the scout-masters are in a position of authority. Try this on, a high school in California has made it "illegal" for students to congregate in peer groups if another student feels excluded. Example; You and your friends like 80's music. You sit at the lunch table talking about 80's music. Another student who, smells bad and doesn`t like 80's music wants to sit with you and discuss foreign films. You HAVE to let him sit with you because (completely non-denominational, all inclusive and generically termed)God forbid the stinky little nerd feel "left out"
...eleven Christians were arrested on the streets of Philadelphia...
Aren't streets sort of public? And while you can close down a street for an event, if you intend to keep the public out, aren't you obligated to provide barricades and security? As far as I can tell these Christians were not gate crashers, just members of the public exercising their rights at a public event.
Can't be compared to gatherings held in private buildings.