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This man didn't even have to speak to be arrested. Wrongthink and an appearance of praying was enough: https://reason.com/2024/10/17/british-man-convicted-of-
by mwigdahl 1y ago
This man didn't even have to speak to be arrested. Wrongthink and an appearance of praying was enough: https://reason.com/2024/10/17/british-man-convicted-of-criminal-charges-for-praying-silently-near-abortion-clinic/ https://reason.com/2024/10/17/british-man-convicted-of-crimi...
- OJFord 1y agoThat's quite a sensationalist piece. You're allowed to object to abortions and protest against them, the point of that law is just that you can't do it around an extant abortion clinic, distressing and putting people off using it, since they are currently legal.
- otterley 1y agoYeah, that looks like a time/place/manner restriction, not a content-based restriction. In the U.S., at least, the latter is heavily scrutinized as a potential First Amendment violation, while the former tend to be treated with greater deference to the state.
- ecshafer 1y agoSo you are allowed to object to abortions and protest then in any designated free speech zone with a proper free speech license. Simple as! Can I tell someone not to drink outside of a bar?
- otterley 1y agoThis is just an argument ad absurdum. Please be real.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 1y agoMost bars have signs saying not to leave with an alcoholic drink.
- otterley 1y agoEspecially in the USA, where alcohol laws are much more stringent than in the UK.
- OJFord 1y agoIn certain public spaces? Yeah! Probably a hell of a lot fewer of them in the UK than many countries though, including your land of the free.