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5th Circuit: Ban On Proselytizing At Outdoor Market Violates Free Speech Rights
Religion Clause ^ | 7/8/21 | Howard Friedman

Posted on 07/10/2021 7:05:05 PM PDT by marshmallow

In Denton v. City of El Paso, Texas, (5th Cir., July 6, 2021), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to a Texas federal district court ordering it to grant a preliminary injunction barring El Paso from prohibiting religious proselytizing at the weekly outdoor El Paso Art and Farmers Market. The city's rules bar fundraising, political campaigning and religious proselytizing from the market. The court held that these exclusions are content-based, and concluded:

It is unclear whether the City has asserted a compelling government interest. We need not decide this issue ......

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1 posted on 07/10/2021 7:05:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Government cannot ban that activity.


2 posted on 07/10/2021 8:03:00 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

Satan will work very, very hard to help them do so; meanwhile, he and his minions find other ways to discourage, minimize, deflect and discredit those carrying the Gospel to every people-group. The blood of Christian proselytizers will be spilled—it always is.


3 posted on 07/10/2021 10:31:33 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: marshmallow

They could rent a booth space, and then proselytize only to the people who approach the booth and express an interest.


4 posted on 07/11/2021 2:05:33 AM PDT by zeestephen
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