Posted on 10/26/2009 10:28:22 AM PDT by onehitfrag
After witnessing a gay pride march, committed Christian Pauline Howe wrote to the council to complain that the event had been allowed to go ahead.
But instead of a simple acknowledgement, she received a letter warning her she might be guilty of a hate crime and that the matter had been passed to police. Two officers later turned up at the frightened grandmother's home and lectured her about her choice of words before telling her she would not be prosecuted
Mrs Howe, 67, whose husband Peter is understood to be a Baptist minister, yesterday spoke of her shock at the visit and accused police of ' wasting resources' on her case rather than fighting crime. 'I've never been in any kind of trouble before so I was stunned to have two police officers knocking at my door,' she said. 'Their presence in my home made me feel threatened. It was a very unpleasant experience.
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Has to be a right wing terrorist, after all she is drinking tea in that picture.
What about her right to be OFFENDED??????????
That's a great looking bunch of criminals. < / sarcasm >
It just blows my mind that our sorry government wants to pass amnesty without regard as to how many of them are murders from Mexico and will murder Americans in the future. Our politicians should be hanged.
HOW DARE THEY!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!
This is America! Mrs. Howe is entitled by our Constitution to free speech!
This is America! Mrs. Howe is entitled by our Constitution to free speech!
This is in England. Free speech is dead there.
Maybe so under the new hate crime legislation.
I was relieved to see that even the gay pride march organizers said the police went to far.
Free speech is on life support here.
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