Comments on: The Freedom To Harass Us http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/freedom-to-harrass-us.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:51:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/freedom-to-harrass-us.html/comment-page-1#comment-1530 Anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:19:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/the-freedom-to-harass-us.html#comment-1530 In some cases the courts have held that requiring permits is unconstitutional. At issue is time, place, and manner restrictions. <br/><br/>In Philadelphia at the Homosexual parade, the protestors won on appeal and are suing the city. Permits can be required only for groups, not for private conversation. <br/><br/>If individuals show up at a PUBLIC meeting and talk to others or talk to each other loudly enough to be overheard, they are unstoppable. There is no constitutional basis for restrict private speech in public.<br/><br/>And Christians can evangelize in public buildings and parks and the schools they attend on a private speech basis as individuals. In some cases the courts have held that requiring permits is unconstitutional. At issue is time, place, and manner restrictions.

In Philadelphia at the Homosexual parade, the protestors won on appeal and are suing the city. Permits can be required only for groups, not for private conversation.

If individuals show up at a PUBLIC meeting and talk to others or talk to each other loudly enough to be overheard, they are unstoppable. There is no constitutional basis for restrict private speech in public.

And Christians can evangelize in public buildings and parks and the schools they attend on a private speech basis as individuals.

]]> By: Jana (from Holland) http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/freedom-to-harrass-us.html/comment-page-1#comment-766 Jana (from Holland) Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:21:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/the-freedom-to-harass-us.html#comment-766 If Christians are allowed to preach and evangelize at a Pagan gathering, then so Pagans will be permitted to 'preach' and make converts at Christian gatherings, so it seems to me. If Christians are allowed to preach and evangelize at a Pagan gathering, then so Pagans will be permitted to ‘preach’ and make converts at Christian gatherings, so it seems to me.

]]> By: Hecate http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/freedom-to-harrass-us.html/comment-page-1#comment-758 Hecate Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:23:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/01/the-freedom-to-harass-us.html#comment-758 <i> a permit was required for their activities and claimed they were disturbing the peace.</i><br /><br />Well they didn't get a permit and they were charged with disturbing the peace, which, as many Pagans and liberals know, is all that it takes to get arrested. Charges may or may not hold up, but if a police officer thinks you're disturbing the peace, you can get arrested.<br /><br />I'm a pretty big believer in free speech. I don't know how big the park is, but if there were room to accommodate two groups at the same time, I'd think that the xians, had they bothered to apply, should have gotten a permit. <br /><br />But I think that your post touches on a broader theme, which is xians claiming that they have a right to try and evangalize, in this park, at the Air Force Academy, etc. I am soooooooooo sick of having their religion shoved down my throat. I can't imagine they win many converts this way. a permit was required for their activities and claimed they were disturbing the peace.

Well they didn’t get a permit and they were charged with disturbing the peace, which, as many Pagans and liberals know, is all that it takes to get arrested. Charges may or may not hold up, but if a police officer thinks you’re disturbing the peace, you can get arrested.

I’m a pretty big believer in free speech. I don’t know how big the park is, but if there were room to accommodate two groups at the same time, I’d think that the xians, had they bothered to apply, should have gotten a permit.

But I think that your post touches on a broader theme, which is xians claiming that they have a right to try and evangalize, in this park, at the Air Force Academy, etc. I am soooooooooo sick of having their religion shoved down my throat. I can’t imagine they win many converts this way.

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