Posted on 09/20/2009 6:38:12 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
It started as a religious discussion over the breakfast table at a private hotel.
Several months later, the Christian owners face ruin after a Muslim guest complained that she had been insulted.
Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang are being prosecuted under controversial public order laws designed to target yobbish and abusive behaviour on the streets.
If convicted they face a fine of up to £5,000 and a criminal record. They have also lost 80 per cent of their bookings and have been forced to put the business up for sale.
The charges relate to a heated conversation the couple had with the guest at their hotel in Liverpool in March. On her final morning before checking out, she came down to breakfast wearing a hijab, the traditional Muslim headdress.
The unnamed woman had been staying at the Bounty House Hotel near Aintree racecourse for four weeks while receiving treatment at a local hospital, but the couple had never seen her wear her religious clothing before.
It is alleged they suggested that Mohammad, the founder of Islam, was a warlord when the guest challenged them about their Christian beliefs. The woman also claims that the couple, who vehemently deny the allegations and say they were simply defending their faith, described her traditional dress as a form of bondage.
The guest complained to police and the Vogelenzangs were charged with using 'threatening, abusive or insulting words' which were ' religiously aggravated'.
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Muslim can say whatever the hell they want, Christians better shut or jail.
Yeah Mom, you were right. I never imagined Christian persecution in western nations, but you were right. I guess all we really did need to know was “It is written”.
What a nanny state. Whether or not the attempt to dissuade the woman about Mad Mo was wisely undertaken, is besides the point here.
Ping for later.
This may not have been the wisest way to witness of Christ, but the state has no business in this dispute.
= "click..click"
Would the penalty for simply shooting the guest been less?
...they suggested that Mohammad, the founder of Islam, was a warlord when the guest challenged them about their Christian beliefs. The woman also claims that the couple, who vehemently deny the allegations and say they were simply defending their faith, described her traditional dress as a form of bondage.No guns allowed in Britain, but certainly they have steak knives, right?
Unlike in the US, British judges don’t have life tenure - they serve at the pleasure of the ruling party. This isn’t a random event - it’s a consequence of prosecutors and judges hand-picked by PM Gordon Brown’s Labor Party.
Hotel owners should make potential guests waive their right to sue for such things, as a condition of their stay.
This is true tyranny. You can bet that the Muslims would get off scott free had they insulted Christian beliefs. They should just take the “Great” out of Great Britain.
They will attempt this here in America as well.
I would have thought this to be a non-controversial claim, somewhat along the lines of claiming Jesus of Nazareth was an itinerant religious teacher.
Big Mo, of course, was not just a warlord. By any standard he is one of the most important figures in history.
People should support them and book rooms, just for them speaking the truth.
If you are renting rooms, best to just smile and be on your way.
Getting in a fight with the renters is bad for business.
Whatever the cause.
Read ‘The Abolition of Britain’ by Peter Hitchens.
Betcha, betcha, betcha the gubmint was picking up for the tab at the hospital too. England is on the ropes.
England? They still around? I thought the country is now Englandistan ...
Thuggery!
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