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Well, at least they let him die of
natural causes.
Report for January
17, 2004
Increasingly, those who take a truly biblical
stand against homosexual acts are being treated by civil authorities as
criminal misfits who must be made an example to others holding the same
views. Read this story, Americans. Consider what is yet to come in Great
Britain. Then consider what is to come for the good old USA if real
Americans, especially Christians, continue to shrink back before the
sodomite Brown Shirts. How bad could it get in this nation? How evil is
the unregenerate human heart (Jeremiah 17:9) accompanied by a seared
conscience (1 Timothy 4:2) and a "reprobate mind" (Romans 1:28)?
Christian 'properly convicted' for 'anti-gay' sign
Assaulted by onlookers but 69-year-old man was target of charges
World Net Daily, January 15, 2004
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36602
An evangelical Christian assaulted by onlookers who took offense to his
sign calling for an end to homosexuality was "properly
convicted" of a criminal offense, Britain's High Court has ruled.
Defenders of the late Harry Hammond, 69, argued Tuesday the April 2002
conviction interfered with his freedom of religion and right to free
expression, the London Telegraph reported.
But the two-judge panel said Hammond's behavior "went beyond
legitimate protest."
Legal advocate Hugh Tomlinson, appearing for Hammond's executors,
described the scene of the October 2001 protest in Bournemouth, England.
About 30 or 40 angry people gathered around Hammond as he held a sign
saying: "Stop Immorality, Stop Homosexuality, Stop Lesbianism,"
and had a reference to Jesus.
"There was a struggle," Tomlinson said. "[Hammond] himself
was subjected to a number of assaults. Soil was thrown at him and water
poured over his head. Someone tried to seize the sign and he was knocked
to the ground."
"But there is no suggestion he physically assaulted anybody,"
Tomlinson said. "He was the victim of the assault, not the
perpetrator."
Nevertheless, Hammond was arrested for breach of the peace. He was charged
and convicted under the 1986 Public Order Act for displaying a sign which
was "threatening, abusive or insulting within the sight of a person
likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress."
Hammond was fined 300 British pounds, about $550, and ordered to pay 395
pounds, or $725, in legal costs.
The High Court judges decided the restriction on Hammond's right to
freedom of expression under the European Convention on Human Rights had
the legitimate aim of preventing disorder due to the crowd's reaction to
his sign, the British Press Association reported.
Hammond's conduct was not reasonable, they said, and the prosecution was a
"proportionate response."
Arguing for Hammond, Tomlinson said the case "raises important points
concerning freedom of expression by means of a sign and freedom of
religion."
"It is perfectly proper for the court to restrict 'hate speech', what
the Americans call 'fighting words,'" he said, "but it is not
proper to restrict speech which is not put in a hateful or fighting way,
even though it may be offensive to a particular section of the community,
and even though it may cause members of the public to react adversely or
even violently."
c 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
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