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  • Praying Outside Clinic Gets Man Disorderly Conduct Charge

    08/03/2010 5:42:56 AM PDT · by DBCJR · 10 replies · 7+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | Published August 02, 2010 | By Diane Macedo
    A Chicago man says he's fighting charges of disorderly conduct for simply standing on a public sidewalk and praying. Joseph Holland, a 25-year-old graduate student at Northwestern University, says he was standing still praying the rosary outside a Planned Parenthood facility in downtown Chicago July 3 when police arrested him for violating the city's new "Bubble Zone" ordinance. The law, passed in October, states that a person cannot approach within 8 feet of another person without consent "for the purpose of passing a leaflet or handbill to, displaying a sign to, or engaging in oral protest, education or counseling" within...
  • FoxNews: Praying Outside Clinic Gets Man Disorderly Conduct Charge

    08/02/2010 8:30:55 AM PDT · by topher · 25 replies · 5+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | August 2, 2010 | By Diane Macedo
    ... Joseph Holland, a 25-year-old graduate student at Northwestern University, says he was standing still praying the rosary outside a Planned Parenthood facility in downtown Chicago July 3 when police arrested him for violating the city's new "Bubble Zone" ordinance. The law, passed in October, states that a person cannot approach within 8 feet of another person without consent "for the purpose of passing a leaflet or handbill to, displaying a sign to, or engaging in oral protest, education or counseling" within 50 feet from any health care facility. It also says a person cannot "by force or threat of...