"PUKE"
JW Editorial in My Local Paper
by Bendrr 11 Replies latest jw friends
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BluesBrother
Its my guess that they just wanted to "witness" to the Mayor , who could not be reached without an appointment ; and to get their name in the paper and perhaps get on to the next Circuit Assembly as an experience.
They no doubt took the Jan 8th Awake "U S Supreme Court And Free Speech". The Stratton case gets all the first eleven pages . Their comments include the following ;
" The residents of Stratton had been visited for years by ministers of the Wellsville Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses who had had problems with a few local officials ever since 1979. In the early 1990's a local police officer chased a group of Witnesses out of town saying "I could not care less about your rights"
The matter came to a head in 1998 when the mayor of Stratton personaly confronted four witnesses. They were driving out of the village after having returned there to speak again with residents who had shown an interest in their discussions. According to one of the women who who was confronted, the mayor stated that if they were men he would have put them in jail...........
The ordnance ..........required anyone wishing to engage in door to door activity to obtain a permit at no extra cost ,from the mayor. Jehovahs Witnesses viewed this ordinance as an infringement of freedom of speech,free exercise of religion and freedom of press .Therefore they brought a lawsuit in federal court.........................................................................................................................
(After appeal ) The Supreme Court ruled " The judgement of the Court of Appeals is reversed ,and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistant with this opinion . It is so ordered."
(hailed as a victory by the J W's) Italics my summary.