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To: Mercat
Other than aesthetically, how is this different than the angelus bells?

I don't know. The article doesn't mention if they are using a city loudspeaker, or their own.

If they want to use a city loudspeaker, they should be shot down. Christians don't get to use city property to exercise their religion, nobody else should either.

If all they want to do is use their own equipment, and this is a noise statute issue, then I'm afraid they have to be allowed. It isn't any different than the bells (well, except for the aesthetic one, which is huge but not contstitutional).

61 posted on 04/21/2004 6:43:56 AM PDT by horatio
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To: horatio; Mercat
It would be like broadcasting the entire Angelus, not just the bells. I posted the whole prayer above (post #15), for those who are curious.
63 posted on 04/21/2004 6:48:22 AM PDT by livius
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To: horatio
It isn't any different than the bells (well, except for the aesthetic one, which is huge but not contstitutional

This can be made Constitutional real easy. Just a few more requests to violate the noise ordinance is all it would take. The morons at City Hall would have to start denying requests. Then it would give rise to a Constitutional question.

86 posted on 04/21/2004 7:29:47 AM PDT by Colorado Doug
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