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Man arrested for reading Bible in public! Freedom of speech violation (DMV Hemet, CA)
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Posted on 04/28/2011 9:35:21 AM PDT by WalterSkinner

Video of a member of Hemet Calvary Chapel being arrested for reading the Bible to people standing in line at the local DMV office by a CHP officer.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: constitution; freedom; relgion
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To: savedbygrace

“Therefore, it’s the law that is in error, not the pastors.”

In this case, it wasn’t the law that was in error, it was the police. They were arrested for “impeding an open business” and in that statute, there are two exceptions to the law, first, if someone is doing union activites, and second, if someone is doing something protected by the Constitution.

The cop screwed up when he arrested them, the charges will be dismissed, and hopefully they’ll learn a valuable life lesson. :)


61 posted on 04/28/2011 11:03:49 AM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: Boogieman

In this case you are wrong. They were arrested for impeding an open business and that law doesn’t apply to preaching.


62 posted on 04/28/2011 11:05:45 AM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: savedbygrace
"Do the laws of CA specify that the people have to do that on one particular day and time, or only that it be done before a certain date? If it bothers you, come back another time when the pastors are not there."

Absolutely, driver's licenses expire as do auto licenses. And there are time limits on auto registration, and address changes. So the state REQUIRES these transactions be accomplished in a time-limited manner.

63 posted on 04/28/2011 11:06:22 AM PDT by matthew fuller (I hereby nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: Safetgiver
Dude never heard of the interwebby?

Dude, matter of fact I need to jump on Algores' interwebby thingy and renew my TX registration before the end of May.

Like, I always use the webby thing. ..beats going to the DMV and getting preached to.

64 posted on 04/28/2011 11:14:53 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: eastforker

Yes.

Imagine you’re in a cemetery and they’re lowering the casket into the ground, as a priest or minister has final prayers.
Someone shows up with a boombox and starts blaring
“Christianity is Stupid” by Negativland, “Religious Vomit”
by the Dead Kennedys, “Dear God” by XTC, or “Will The Fetus Be Aborted” by Mojo Nixon and Jello Biafra.

Hey...freedom of speech! What, they have no right to do that?
It’s harassment (see also Westboro Baptist Church)


65 posted on 04/28/2011 11:25:24 AM PDT by raccoonradio (..)
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To: matthew fuller

That doesn’t answer the question I asked.


66 posted on 04/28/2011 11:27:51 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: Sporke

That makes sense. But it was my understanding that the DMV had not opened for the day. It was NOT an open business.

We’ll see what happens, won’t we?


67 posted on 04/28/2011 11:29:52 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: eastforker

So just calling it something else, in this case harassment, makes it OK for the government, federal or State, to do that which it is forbidden by the Constitution?

“No, it is not speech or religion. It is harassment.”

BTW, you do not have such a right.


68 posted on 04/28/2011 11:35:09 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: savedbygrace
"That doesn’t answer the question I asked."

Your ADD really is bad today. Reread the first question in your post. DUH.

69 posted on 04/28/2011 11:37:19 AM PDT by matthew fuller (I hereby nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Your rights end where someone else’s rights begin. Sorry you think the Bible trumps that.


70 posted on 04/28/2011 11:42:23 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Ratman83

Actually, it does. If someone had been playing rap in the same instance as this guy he could have just as easily been treated the same.


71 posted on 04/28/2011 11:43:31 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: WalterSkinner

Your rights end where someone else’s rights begin. Sorry you think the Bible trumps that.


72 posted on 04/28/2011 11:44:06 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Sporke

Your rights end where someone else’s rights begin. Sorry you think the Bible trumps that.

You have the right to free speech but you do not have the right to force others to hear you.


73 posted on 04/28/2011 11:45:16 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Sporke

““There is a MAJOR difference between personal reading of the Bible to yourself and preaching to people at the DMV.”

Both are legal.”

No, they are not. Sorry you think disturbing others in the name of religion is legal, but it isn’t.


74 posted on 04/28/2011 11:47:16 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: savedbygrace

Well the 1st amendment did not address the DMV either.Yes, I do have the right not to be harassed, that is not the same as being offended.If something is offensive to me I can either turn it off or leave the area, no harm done.If I have to occupy a space for a period of time waiting to do personal business, especialy in this case with the goverment, being forced to listen to someones religious views is harassment.


75 posted on 04/28/2011 11:47:21 AM PDT by eastforker
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To: matthew fuller

OK, if you’re answering my question, then you’re agreeing with me that the people in line are not being forced to be there at that particular time.

Therefore, it’s not a case of people being forced to listen to the pastors reading the Bible. That was my point.

So, you and I agree, true?


76 posted on 04/28/2011 11:47:56 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: CodeToad

The statute they were arrested on says that the law does NOT apply to Constitutionally protected actions, which preaching is. No ones rights were being violated.


77 posted on 04/28/2011 11:48:56 AM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: CodeToad

What rights?


78 posted on 04/28/2011 11:49:08 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: CodeToad; WalterSkinner
"Your rights end where someone else’s rights begin. Sorry you think the Bible trumps that."

Of course, that statement works against you just as easily as it works against him.

It's all about who gets to decide where someone else's rights 'end'.

You have defined it such that his rights 'end' in a place that is convenient for you, but deny him the right to define your rights such that your rights 'end' in a place that is convenient for him.

Think Toad, think...

79 posted on 04/28/2011 11:49:19 AM PDT by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: matthew fuller

BTW, it’s not ADD. It’s severe over-caffeination.

LOLOLOLOLOL. Oops.


80 posted on 04/28/2011 11:49:50 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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