It’s important to understand that the UK does not have the same heritage of religious freedom as the U.S. Still, it is an important, civilized part of the Western world- which makes this recent report by WND all the more troubling:
A Christian street preacher convicted and fined by a U.K. judge, who also serves with an Islamic Shariah court, is guilty of having breached the public order by his choice of Bible verses.
Michael Overd, a former British paratrooper who has been street preaching for five years, was convicted this week of delivering “homophobic sermons” over a loudspeaker in Taunton, Somerset, last summer.
Overd faced two charges relating to claims by homosexuals he had offended them and another of causing “racially aggravated” harassment targeted at Muslims, the BBC reported. He was found guilty of only one of the “homophobic” charges.
Overd, 50, was fined $300 and ordered to pay compensation and costs totaling $1,800 at Bristol Crown Court.
“I have been ordered to pay compensation for causing ‘emotional pain’ to someone who approached me aggressively demanding to debate the issue,” said Overd. “There was no harm, injury or theft, just a simple disagreement over theology which I have now been fined for.”
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In the UK, it is also illegal to quote Winston Churchill on the subject of Muslims. He had quite a bit to say, based on his experience with then, as a warning to posterity regarding the intractable fanaticism and culture of deceit towards non-Muslims.
The judge should be targeted.
Read this story and then the U.S. Constitution.
Then feel glad you live here and not elsewhere.
Then fight to defend your Constitution by participating with your Congressmen!
In the UK you can face prison time for burning a koran, but it's just "freedom of expression" to burn a bible.
It is also not permitted to quote the late Winston Churchill, on the subject of the nature and threat posed by Muslims. So much for "freedom of speech".
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