‘Your God’s wrong’: Judge erupts in angry tirade, sends pro-life activist back to jail

Life Site News ^ | 3/22/2012 | Tony Gosgnach

[Morgana]

Pardon me, Your Honor but don't tell that to Mary Wagner. Tell God he is wrong and see what he says.

[knittnmom]

Another case of the “law” being an a$$.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Coming to an American courthouse near you.

[Nifster]

“The law is an arse...” Dickens

“Here stand I. I can do no other.” Martin Luther (upon posting the 95 Thesis)

[gundog]

Can American judge mention God in a courtroom without forcing an automatic appeal?

[GreenAccord]

I guess, all I can say about this is how pleased God will be with his servant, Ms. Wagner. I suppose I could say more about the judge, but lost is lost.

[HOYA97]

My thoughts exactly. Those of us who believe are going to be challenged like this woman very soon. Keep watch! Evil is all around.

[slumber1]

I’m not an abortion supporter but I wonder how we’d react if an atheist came into a church and started passing out atheist literature. Would the church members not have the right to remove him from the property? Someone explain to me how this is any different.

[Wizdum]

“You appear to be governed by a higher moral order than the laws of our country.”

And the problem with this is.........what, exactly?

[magritte]

There’s no difference. Both are trespassing and should be treated accordingly if the owners are so inclined.

[Nervous Tick]

>> “...your God’s wrong,” he continued.

Oh, my.

He should consider changing his name to Rod.

Lighting Rod.

>> “You appear to be governed by a higher moral order than the laws of our country.”

He says that like it’s a BAD thing!

[pgyanke]

I’m not an abortion supporter but I wonder how we’d react if an atheist came into a church and started passing out atheist literature.

A church is a little different from a medical office lobby. If she had gone back and disrupted procedures, that would be a better analogy... but she did not. Just so, an atheist handing out literature during a church service is a provocation far beyond what this woman did. Besides, most church-goers are like this woman and would be open to sharing their faith with the atheist. This conversation isn't a two way street.

In NC, we can't even pray on the side of the street with the abortion clinic. I sincerely doubt this prohibition applies to an atheist who wanted to pass out anti-Christian literature in front of a church.

[Dr. Sivana]

Someone explain to me how this is any different.

You are likely going to get responses from a number of people who will address natural law, necessity and the limits of the rights of private property. These arguments will likely be correct and cogent.

I am going to suggest that it is different because it is abortion. Canada's Roe v. Wade came much later than ours. A man named Morgantaler was operating an illegal abortion mill in Toronto in the 80s and 90s, and the police and courts came down on his side each and every time. On this issue, and those related to it, the rule of law has not been in operation for decades.

[DaveyB]

There’s no difference. Both are trespassing and should be treated accordingly if the owners are so inclined.

But there is a difference. At the abortion clinic two people enter and only one exits.

[Neidermeyer]

But Canadian courts are marching to the beat of SHARIA ... http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/sharia_law_in_canada_and_brita.html

[The Working Man]

The first thing that came to mind was this:

If the woman had been a Muslim would he have treated her this way?

[Nervous Tick]

>> Someone explain to me how this is any different.

I don’t know where *you* worship, but in *my* congregation they don’t sign in those in the lobby and then take them back behind the altar rail and kill their babies.

I’d respectfully submit *that* as a difference.

[achilles2000]

Well...let’s see...one involves murder and the other doesn’t. I hope that clarifies things a bit.

[apillar]

I’m not an abortion supporter but I wonder how we’d react if an atheist came into a church and started passing out atheist literature. Would the church members not have the right to remove him from the property? Someone explain to me how this is any different.

An interesting point and one worth considering. We naturally sympathize with this women because we agree with her views, but the law has to enforced neutrally. If it's illegal for someone to walk into her church and pass out pro abortion literature, then it's just as illegal for her to walk into an abortion clinic and solicit for pro-life counseling services.

I think where the Judge got it wrong was the tone. He should have calmly explained the arguments you and me just made. Then told her she must stay away from the Clinic. Then when she refused, he should have said that although he admired her convictions and regretted having to do it, he would have to send her to jail, just as he would do to someone doing the same thing in her church that refused to stay away.

[OldGoatCPO]

So let me see if I understand this “your God's wrong”, therefore this judicial hack must believe his god is right? His god being Canadian law I assume. So the way I understand it the God of hundreds of millions of Muslims, Christians and Jews doesn't know his a$$ from an axe handle because some piss ant Canadian judicial hack says so! Do we have jihads in Christianity, I mean is it too late to add jihad to the 10 Commandments. Just asking, not suggesting anything.