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They connected with a religious freedom law firm called Mauck & Baker and started knocking on the doors of park management. “We went back and forth with the city for a while, asking them to change their rules,” Swart explained.

Well, they changed their rules all right. They decided, in an absurd new policy, to divide the park into 11 imaginary rooms. And—give Chicago points for creativity—only one of those “rooms” allowed open conversations about faith. “It’s a public park!” Swart’s attorney John Mauck said incredulously. ” … Not rooms.”

1 posted on 02/25/2020 10:53:21 AM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

How is “Evangelizing” defined?

If I stand at a Chicago street corner and give out a Christian tract for free, is that “Evangelizing”? And why for First Amendment’s sake is that considered illegal?


2 posted on 02/25/2020 10:56:07 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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If they can’t stop them legally, they’ll start shooting at them.


3 posted on 02/25/2020 10:56:33 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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I knew it! See, Trump is turning America into The Handmaid’s Tale - he’s such a Nazi. Damn him!


4 posted on 02/25/2020 11:01:03 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again".)
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The fact that this even needed to go to court is amazing to me....


5 posted on 02/25/2020 11:03:06 AM PST by qwerty1234
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“If somebody believes that the Willis Tower is going to collapse in an hour

Someone actually calls the Sears Tower "Willis Tower"? Dang.
7 posted on 02/25/2020 11:07:06 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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I’ve seen his facebook page and read many of the comments he has received. Jeremy Chong and his friends have set themselves up for a lot of abuse by even mentioning Christ in downtown Chicago.

I admire his faith and bravery.


8 posted on 02/25/2020 11:10:06 AM PST by PGR88
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To: aimhigh

Bump


11 posted on 02/25/2020 11:17:10 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: aimhigh

I wonder if park security would similarly harass people passing out tracts about transgender rights?


12 posted on 02/25/2020 11:24:00 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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I don’t think it’s good enough that they won their case, there should be Sanctions on the City Council that undertook this Malicious Act in their relentless attack on the First Amendment of the US Constitution, at the very least they should be personally liable for all costs and legal fees


14 posted on 02/25/2020 12:01:11 PM PST by eyeamok
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