Posted on 01/24/2023 6:33:58 PM PST by marshmallow
Denver, Colo., Jan 22, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA). Amid continuing controversy over strict limits on behavior outside abortion clinics in some English cities, a man faces a fine for praying silently outside one clinic in memory of his dead son.
“I would never have imagined being in a position to risk a criminal record for praying silently,” Adam Smith-Connor said, according to the legal group supporting him, Alliance Defending Freedom UK.
Smith-Connor had approached a British Pregnancy Advisory Service abortion facility in Bournemouth, in the southwest English county of Dorset. He intended to pray for his unborn son, who had died in an abortion he helped procure at a similar facility more than two decades ago.
Smith-Connor stood silently with his back to the clinic to respect the privacy of staff and visitors, according to Alliance Defending Freedom UK. Community safety officers inquired about what he was doing, and Smith-Connor replied: “Praying for my son, who is deceased.”
His Nov. 24, 2022, encounter with the officers was recorded on his phone.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” one officer replied. “But ultimately, I have to go along with the guidelines of the Public Space Protection Order, to say that we are in the belief that therefore you are in breach of clause 4a, which says about prayer, and also acts of disapproval …”
“I’m just standing praying,” Smith-Connor said.
“I do understand that. But the (protection order) is in place for a reason and we have to follow through on those regulations,” the officer replied.
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Just tell the cop that you’re praying to Mohammed. Problem solved.
They used to ridicule mindreading show acts but now cops and leaders are adept at the skill.
And they can saw a person’s rights in half.
So England does not have:
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Assembly
Just tell them you’re thinking
Prayers being suppressed.
There is a practice in Japan called Mizuko Kuyo. Along with miscarriages, a woman can go to honor a “fetus” (their term for the preborn baby) after an abortion. They want to honor Jizo, a god.
“Japanese Buddhists believe that honoring Jizo will ensure that their aborted fetus successfully makes it to the other world, where it can be reborn in the future.”
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/mizuko-kuyo
Britain will suffer a grave consequence for this assault on free speech. There will be blowback and it will be harsh. They are bloody knuckleheads.
We are not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16)
I pray I will never deny Jesus, come what may.
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