Posted on 02/12/2005 6:08:43 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K
I second that!
This case still baffles me that this can happen in America. Maybe in the Peoples Republic of Canada, but not America.
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I could see some serious lawsuits coming out of this.
Is that a good or bad thing?
I think the best way for Christians to have any clout would be for entire congregations to be at these events, so the police would have to arrest about 300+ Christians who are exercising free speech rights. The idea would be to mimic the Danes who all wore Star of David emblems during the NAZI era. If this continues, I would hope that all good Christians would find leadership skills and encourage their pastors to cooperate in enlarging the numbers in these gatherings.
The genie is out of the bottle. The SCOTUS will have to settle this.
OK, I'm confused. I've read earlier where the charges against the "Philly Five" were dropped. So I went to see whether this was really a new news story. The filename in the URL seems to say it was reported 2/10/05. But the story is copyright 2004.
I could honestly imagine the Philly Five reasonably being charged with disturbance or disorderly conduct. Whether you agree with their message or not, the homos got a valid license to demonstrate. The reason you need a license, rather than simply exercise your first amendment rights, is that the street belongs to the public, but you are staking out a claim to it for a particular purpose.
The Philly Five were interrupting that purpose. If ACT-UP showed up to an outdoor mass chanting to the bishop, "We're here, we're queer, get over it," I would certainly want them arrested. Heck, if they demonstrated in front of a St. Patrick's Day parade, I'd want the police to have the authority to clear the route. Same goes for the national conventions.
But contrast the treatment of the convention disruptors with that of the Philly Five. The convention disurptors got a night in jail, and every one in the press is screaming how unfair that was. The Philly Five get charged with felonies, and threatened with PRISON TIME??? Not jail time, but PRISON TIME???
Shockingly, the Christian pastors in the Philly area are silent about this case, They are afraid to speak out against the DA. they could be arrested for obstruction among other things. (Ethnic intimidation = felony charges)
I think it was James Madison who said, "The tyranny of the minority is the worst tyranny of them all."
I actually hope they bring this to trial. No jury in America is going to convict these people and the idiot DA that brings the charges will look like an ass.
The charges have not been dropped.
The Philly Five get charged with felonies, and threatened with PRISON TIME??? Not jail time, but PRISON TIME???
Pennsylvania has passed hate crime legislation,in legal terms homosexuals are now a "minority ethnic group" and the Bible is "hate speech".
Having to "listen to messages you don't like" has been the premise used from day-one by civil rights activists, at least in the early stages of their movements.
The agenda's incremental gains have progressed to the point contradiction. "Tolerance" was the buzzword of the '80's, and the activists preached that free speech meant "what you don't like" more than anything else. Being offended meant you were being enlightened.
The movement now increasingly enjoys protected minority GROUP status, which can be used against the INDIVIDUAL who says things they don't like. Being offended now means being threatened or attacked, ...if you identify yourself strategically.
The fires of retribution will burn hot in that city of "brother love" if these Christians are convicted and jailed.
There could be a possibility that Watts will seem like a local BBQ compared to the backlash that could come from law-abiding Americans nationwide to the tyranical usurption of power by these perverted lawyers and judges.
Homosexuals need tolerance training.
The rest of us will be in a better place.
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