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Police drop charges against British woman for silently praying outside an abortion clinic
Fox News ^ | 09/22/2023 | Kendall Tietz

Posted on 09/22/2023 4:25:26 PM PDT by SCConservative58

After a six-month investigation, police in England have decided not to bring charges against a woman for silently praying outside an abortion clinic.

Police also issued an apology to Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the director of the UK March for Life, for the length of time it took to reach the decision not to prosecute her for silent prayer. In March, the charity volunteer was arrested after she told police she "might" be praying silently when they asked why she was standing on a public street near an abortion facility.

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1 posted on 09/22/2023 4:25:26 PM PDT by SCConservative58
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To: SCConservative58

This is worth a Monty Python sketch.

Why are you quiet?

I was praying.

You’re under arrest!


2 posted on 09/22/2023 4:29:26 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MV=PY

She helped to agitate good people to feel like fighting on behalf of good people against the demons.

She served a good purpose and I’m thankful she’s still alive.


3 posted on 09/22/2023 4:36:24 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: SCConservative58

“You might beat the rap, but you won’t beat the ride.” —Justus System


4 posted on 09/22/2023 4:40:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: SCConservative58

And they keep saying they have better freedom of speech than we do.


5 posted on 09/22/2023 5:09:08 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Process is the punishment.


6 posted on 09/22/2023 5:11:36 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: SCConservative58
After a six-month investigation, police in England have decided not to bring charges against a woman for silently praying outside an abortion clinic.

That was mighty white of them

7 posted on 09/22/2023 5:36:46 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SCConservative58

Thank God. Months of attention, harassment and stress.


8 posted on 09/22/2023 5:38:37 PM PDT by Bubbette
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To: SCConservative58

I thought the Brits defeated fascism, not promote it. My bad!

No, they bad!!! Fops are now cops, or as they are called on the “street”, Foppers.


9 posted on 09/22/2023 5:57:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: SCConservative58

The punishment is the process. Arrest a person who is innocent to scare the person to stop doing the legal activity.

Cops are evil. I do not back them.


10 posted on 09/22/2023 7:13:23 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: joma89

You cannot paint with a broad brush and call all police evil because of a few bad ones. That is irrational. Where would we be without law enforcement? Anarchy.


11 posted on 09/22/2023 7:44:07 PM PDT by SCConservative58
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To: SCConservative58

Yes I can paint that broad brush. The cops that arrested this woman are a perfect example and there are so many more examples.

I won’t go into an explanation because you already rejected my premise and you will not listen.

By the way, the absense of government controlled police does not mean there will be anarachy but that is what governments want you to believe so they can keep their personal armies just like the democrats keep the fbi.


12 posted on 09/23/2023 2:01:15 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: SkyDancer

It’s not just there. Back during the Roy Moore 10 Commandments battle I went with a group to D.C. At a night rally at the Supreme Court, I (and a couple of others) were threatened with arrest for silently praying. Our crime?... we had laid our hand on the last step of the plaza steps leading up to the court. We were told we were not allowed to touch that while silently praying.


13 posted on 09/23/2023 2:24:30 AM PDT by BamaBelle
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

The same thing that is happening here is happening in the UK.

Same Deep State.

Same enemedia.

Same voting machines.

Only difference is that the UK doesn’t have a Trump.


14 posted on 09/23/2023 3:30:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: MV=PY

I’m not up on British law. Would not the prosecution have to prove what she was silently praying about...or that she was even praying?

EC


15 posted on 09/23/2023 5:41:55 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: Ex-Con777

Sorry, no idea.

The idea of arresting someone for being quiet is absurd, IMHO.


16 posted on 09/23/2023 6:44:19 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: joma89
So you are condemning an entire profession due to the actions of a few? Do you know who John Orr was? He was a Firefighting captain who was also America's most prolific arsonist. So now all firefighters are evil because of him? You know who Dr. Kevorkian was. So now all MD's are evil because of him? That is just plain ignorant.

You better how you are never the victim of a violent crime. Who are you going to call, a pizza delivery man? Ruminate on that a while.
17 posted on 09/23/2023 7:39:14 AM PDT by SCConservative58
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To: BamaBelle

We’re doomed as a Constitutional Republic.


18 posted on 09/23/2023 8:45:37 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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