Hi Aroarer,
Yes I saw it on CNN too.
It looks like the question is being asked if the door to door ban in OHIO is unfairly hinderindg Jehovahs witnesses.
Ranchette
CNN mentions Jehovah's Witnesses Today
by ARoarer 76 Replies latest jw friends
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Ranchette
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ARoarer
Right now the news across the bottom mentions Tony Blair, Pres Bush office of Senate Majority leader received letter with Anthrax,..... Britains Queen Elizatbeth grants Mayor Juliani hornorary Knighthood.......
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AMarie
Thanks for the reply ARoarer.
This is really going to chap some JW's a$$es. "What? You're telling us we can't go door-to-door? It was fortold that Jesus's true followers would be persecuted!" I can just hear it now.
Amanda
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pettygrudger
They aren't "Banning" the door-to-door, but the JW's will have to file for permits, acknowledge where they plan to "canvass" and also wear their permits as well as their names so that people will know when they answer the door. Sort of the same policy as being made of everyone who wants to go door-to-door (salesmen, politicians, mormons, etc. etc.)
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Stealth
What a shame. Too bad they wont be able to use their association with the UN to point at and show what a good group of people the are. LOL
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wannahelp
Hmm,
I wonder if the mayor run's their names through a sex-offender database before issuing the badges..
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wannahelp
Sorry Aroarer,
I shouldn't have doubghted what you saw.. I finally saw it too..
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Kent
I love it! Think for yourself; watching a moron on the outside, with a fat grin, and a sign saying: "Elder Dick-head Jehovah's Witnesses".
LOL
Yakki Da
Kent
I need more BOE letters, KMs and other material. Those who can send it to me - please do! The new section will be interesting!!
Daily News On The Watchtower and the Jehovah's Witnesses:
http://watchtower.observer.org -
Room 215
Here's one story on it... can't you hear the JWs saying ``uh-oh....here comes the Great Tribulation!''
``Jehovah's Witnesses Canvassing Case Gets Top U.S. Court Review
Washington, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Supreme Court
will use an Ohio case involving the Jehovah's Witnesses to decide
whether local governments can require door-to-door canvassers to
obtain permits that show their names.
The religious group, known for knocking on doors and passing
out leaflets to spread the Christian gospel, contended the Village
of Stratton is infringing the U.S. constitutional right to
anonymously speak and distribute pamphlets.
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati upheld the law on a 2-1
vote, saying Jehovah's Witnesses who approach others have already
sacrificed their anonymity.
``Individuals going door-to-door to engage in political
speech are not anonymous by virtue of the fact that they reveal a
portion of their identities -- their physical identities -- to the
residents they canvass,'' the appeals court wrote.
The Jehovah's Witnesses ruling conflicts with earlier Supreme
Court decisions and removes the constitutional ``shield of
anonymity'' from people who want to speak out on matters of public
concern, the appeal argued. ``The municipality will know who isinvolved in the communication of political thoughts.''
The ordinance, which has been in effect in its current form
since 1998, requires those seeking to go house-to-house to file a
registration form giving their names and explaining why they are
canvassing and which houses they plan to visit. The law also says
canvassers must show their permits to residents upon request.
The ordinance imposes no fee for a permit and says the mayor
must grant every application except those filed by people who hav
engaged in specified misconduct.
Stratton, a 278-resident town on the eastern edge of Ohio,
urged the high court not to take up the appeal. The town said
there is ``no constitutional right to anonymity.''
The justices, who will hear arguments early next year, opted
not to consider a second issue raised by the Jehovah's Witnesses,
formally known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New
York.
The group also contends that the ordinance violates speech
and religion rights because it is broader than necessary to meet
the town's announced goal of fighting door-to-door scam artists.
The case is Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York v
Village of Stratton, 00-1737.'' -
ARoarer
They sure do love to demand their "right" to freedom of religion. It is too bad they don't allow the freedom they so much demand to extend towards their own members. Freedom of speech??, freedom of religious opinion??