A judge has poked fun at claims brought by the New York attorney general that pro-life protesters are guilty of harassment for staging their events on the public sidewalks outside an abortion business in New York.The judge reasoned that if being annoying was grounds for a harassment charge, “I could sue all of you here today.”
The case was brought against a group of pro-life Christians by Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for their activities near a Planned Parenthood clinic in the Jamaica area of Queens.
The AG sued member of the Rock Church in Queens in federal court, citing the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, also called FACE, and similar New York laws. Enacted by Congress to prevent violence and physical obstruction of abortion clinic entrances, Schneiderman is using FACE to shut down pro-life speech, Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver has charged. ...
Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
