Against the law to pray
Christians ordered to pay big bucks – for praying!
Lawyer plans appeal of convictions for disorderly conduct at 'gay' fest
March 01, 2008
Lawyers for a team of Christians convicted of disorderly conduct for praying at a "gay" fest in a public park in
Joel Oster, of the Alliance Defense Fund, said an appeal will be filed in
Oster told the Star-Gazette newspaper that the police in the
The Supreme Court has ruled in cases involving "sit-in" protests, he said, that authorities cannot arrest blacks just because they were making white people angry.
"The police have a duty to protect the speaker," he told the court, according to the Star-Gazette.
"Choosing to exercise your First Amendment rights in a public place is not a crime," Oster said just before going into the trial….
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…"It seems oxymoronic to say that by walking silently in a public park, with heads bowed, these people somehow disturbed the peace," Oster said of the case earlier. "From the sit-ins of the 1960s to today, courts have repeatedly ruled that the police cannot arrest those who peacefully express their message in public places."
The ADF said the issues are no less than the freedoms of speech and religion.
"If this violation of these Christians' rights is allowed to stand, the First Amendment rights of all people of faith are in jeopardy," the ADF said.
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