[BenLurkin]

BTTT

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Now they're free to sue their attackers.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Now they should sue to recover their court and attorney fees.

[Eagles6]

YES! Thank you, Judge Dembe.

[CzarNicky]

Take that homofacists!

[Map Kernow]

In what is being hailed as a victory for free speech, a judge in Philadelphia today dismissed all criminal charges against four Christians who were arrested for evangelizing at an outdoor homosexual event.

Judge Pamela Dembe of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas dismissed the charges, saying that she found no basis whatsoever for any of them.

Thanks be to God. Now the next step is to make sure the DA that brought these charges loses his job.

[MonroeDNA]

YAY!!!!!!

[conserv13]

...defendants stay at least 100 feet away from any homosexual gathering

I don't need a court order to keep me away!

[AnnaZ]

Amen.

[MEG33]

Good news..!

[Mulch]

"...a militant mob of homosexuals..."

Sounds like Howard Dean's family reunion.

[andyk]

This is outstanding. I wish I could say I'm not surprised, but after the first judge's reaction, I didn't know what to expect.

[Modernman]

This is what I expected would happen. The system works.

[Colonel_Flagg]

"We are one of the very few countries that protects unpopular speech," Dembe said after viewing a videotape of the arrests.

Yes, the speech was so unpopular that our side lost all the gay "marriage" ballot measures last November, right? < /sarcasm>

Still, Judge Dembe's decision is right and we can be grateful for that.

[Armigerous]

I still want to know who the butt pirate Justice Dept attorneys were who were present that day and 'advised' the local DA on what charges to file

[katnip]

Thank God for a sane judge.

I tried to google up some info on her. Pages and pages of Free Mumia crap tells me she's unpopular with that crowd too.

[Clump]

There may be grounds to sue the police department in a civil rights action. Making them pay is the only way to stop this kind of abuse and harassment. Think of the horror these Christians have had to endure the last few months.

[Peace will be here soon]

"We are one of the very few countries that protects unpopular speech," Dembe said after viewing a videotape of the arrests."

So the ( Christian ) protestors were spewing unpopular speech? While I agree with this judges decision, I think she needs to re-examine what she said there.

Unpolular to whom? The gay and lesbian crowd? Is she saying that speaking out against homosexuality is unpopular? I don`t know, I am a little confused about her statement.

[AppyPappy]

YES!!!!!!!

[Map Kernow]

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me. ---Psalms 138:7