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(In response to story "Street Preachers Arrested in UK in front of Cheering Crowd"):

"Tolerance" from the Left.

If only he had been walking through the mall shouting "pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon," all would have been fine. He would have been applauded.

Or "black lives matter."

Or any other politically correct slogan of grievance, real or imagined.

But, not the offensive Gospel.

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." -- Romans 1:16

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old comment by Alencon

Apparently they were arrested for causing a disturbance after being asked by police to leave the area. Reportedly the men (2 English and 2 American) condemned Islam, homosexuality and divorce.

Here's an interesting bit of information that most folks are not aware of. "Fighting Words," defined in the US as words "that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace," are NOT covered by the 1st Amendment (see Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 1942).

Now we can argue about what words, or what speech, in particular constitutes Fighting Words. Speech of this category is "narrowly limited" (also see Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 1942) but it does exist.

old comment by Anon-e-moose

So why was it that Conservative MPs voted into the statute book Section 5 of the Public Order Act?

There. Along with your fundie bumboys, who now have no legal recourse for their unjustifiable thinking, that's shut you up.

Also those (naming no names) who think this law is 'Totalitarian'. Unless of course they live in a different dimension: Bizarro World.

It must be for them, if it wasn't just Leftists who instituted this law.

If you think it's 'Totalitarian' take it up with the British public who voted in the MPs who introduced this law. By right-wingers too. Enjoy your paradox.

Also, what freako104 says. NEXT!

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@nazani14

"If buskers have to get some sort of permission or license to play music in subways or on the sidewalk, then so should preachers."

In London, buskers have to audition before a certain board, to gain the legal right to ply their trade on the London Underground, such is the absolute power of Transport For London (Black Cab drivers have to undergo an ultra-rigorous exam by TFL, prior to gaining their taxi licence; 'The Knowledge', and all that jazz).

Above ground, buskers, street performers etc. have to apply for a licence, especially from Westminster Council, and a permit from the police. Anyone else can be considered to be causing an obstruction/causing an affray/not licenced for public speaking*, and can be arrested.

...that, and Section 5 of the Public Order Act.

*- The only legal place being 'Speakers Corner' in Hyde Park.

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