Posted on 12/16/2004 8:15:22 AM PST by OB1kNOb
Which raises even more questions- I find it hard to believe that a judge in Mississippi would allow charges like this to stand unless there was some real substance to them.
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The "instruments of crime" were Bible verses and Bibles.
I've heard the claim of 10% of Americans. I don't believe that number one bit. I would hazard to guess that 5% of Americans have engaged in homosexual activity, and that possibly 2% are homosexual.
Such a law is unconstitutional, and will be struck down...Seems the people of Philadelphia have fallen all the way to the bottom of the pit. Sad this would happen in the town that started it all...Time to awaken them!
Source, please.
Also, this happened in Mississippi. How many MS judges would let charges like this stand against a group of Christians unless there was some real substance to them?
Its not all the judges fault. They were arrested by the police, and somebody is prosecuting the case.
Why do you think that homosexuals have a right to a festival on the public streets and those who want to protest it don't a right to do so?
WTF? It wasn't in a private building, or grounds. There were no barriers, no admission fees. It was just in the regular, public, open streets.
"This is Mississippi not Pennsylvania.
Which raises even more questions- I find it hard to believe that a judge in Mississippi would allow charges like this to stand unless there was some real substance to them."
What about a Clinton appointed Federal Judge?
To finish my thought: people have a right to criticize religion, but they don't have a right to disrupt church services; this would be criminal trespass. So I'm guessing the Christian protestors were in some sense trying to disrupt or impede the parade, a parade which probably had a legal permit and which therefore enjoyed a right to use of the public street without interruption. But I could be wrong, and maybe it was just as it was presented in the story - people being arrested merely for criticizing homosexuality.
I suspected as much, but we will need more legal advise like this. We are just beginning to gather our forces and will make this a legal fight. In fact, other groups do meet at the same facility. We are being excluded strictly on religious grounds. The director of the historical society indicated so over the telephone. We have asked for an explanation in writing so we can create a paper trail. Then we go to work. I'll keep y'all posted.
A NYC police officer was fired because he refused a direct order from his supervisor to take a homeless guy trespassing in a private parking garage into custody. He said it was a matter of conscience and you backed him up on it.
If anyone doubts there are this kind of people in the legal system, all they have to do is read FR and they will find plenty of people who would be quite willing to jail Christians for praying in front of homosexuals, or abortionists or whatever is the cause of the day for the radicals.
The Gays disrupt the St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston every year. They don't get prosecuted. Gays threw condoms at newly ordained priest at Holy Cross Cathedral, they did not get prosecuted.
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