Breaking: Second anti-life Chicago bubble zone bubble burst
UPDATE 8/14, 12:40p: FoxNews.com is covering this story.
8/13, 3:55p: I reported August 3 that charges against pro-lifer Joseph Holland, a Northwestern University graduate student, were dropped after he was arrested outside Planned Parenthood’s Near North Side in Chicago on July 3.
PP staffers claimed Holland violated the city’s bubble zone ordinance, although video showed he was merely praying silently.
The same week Holland was arrested, pro-lifer David Avignone (pictured left), an MBA student at Loyola University Chicago, was also arrested at the same PP on the same charges.
The Thomas More Society, which represented both defendants, just announced great news:
“We are pleased that for the second time, the City of Chicago has dismissed the false charges of disorderly conduct against a man who was properly and legally exercising his First Amendment rights on the public way,” said [Peter] Breen, executive director and legal counsel at TMS. “We hope these 2 baseless cases involving alleged ‘Bubble Zone’ ‘infractions’ show the Chicago City Council why it should repeal this controversial ordinance altogether and cease efforts to scare pro-life people away from PP.”
Details about the ordinance, also per TMS:
The “Bubble Zone” ordinance applies outside local abortion clinics to prohibit approaching within 8 feet of a person to present a leaflet, sign or oral message to that person. TMS challenged the constitutionality of this ordinance, in agreement with the ACLU, in 2009.
Yes, the ACLU was also alarmed.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I know I haven’t posted in a while, however, I have been very busy marrying off my daughter Mary.
For those of you who may be interested, here are a few photos from the wedding:
http://www.blakemanphoto.com/
Wow! And what gorgeous daughter at that! Congratulations to them all! Amazing photos, thanks for sharing!
Great pictures, Phil! Your daughter certainly made a beautiful bride. They make a lovely couple.. :)
‘marrying off my daughter’ – do you realize how misogynistic and patriarchal that sounds.
Wow Phil! What a beautiful bride and handsome groom. The father of the bride is looking good. Congratulations to them and blessings to you all. Awesome, isn’t it great when children follow in the precepts of God’s plan for men and women, the sacred covenant of marriage?
Hey Cranium:
Are you missing 1/2 your brain?
It was a humourous comment.
My daughter made her own choices and by the way is very, very happy.
So bug off and mind your own business.
cranium–Hey my dad “married me off” in 2004, and I’m delighted he did…I’ve got a wonderful man for a husband. I’m sure Phil marrying off his daughter had something to do with him being a loving father who was supporting his daughter’s decision to marry the man she loves. Women everywhere should be so lucky to be “married off” in a loving way :-)
Phil–Lovely photos, your daughter does look very happy and you look so proud! I’m sure, based on the photos, she was more than happy to be “married off”.
Loved the pics, HisMan, thanks for sharing them!
Congratulations to you and your daughter, Hisman!
Congratulations to you, your daughter, and son-in-law, HisMan! Gorgeous, gorgeous photos. What a beautiful bride. Looks like a really wonderful wedding. :)
Hey Phil.
No, that would be the curse of those requiring faith to fill the gaps.
A humorous comment, good. Just checking, what with all the misogyny and patriarchal traits in some churches.
Your daughter looks very, very happy, and beautiful, in her photos – congrats.
You posted the photos dude, so don’t tell me to bug off.
Good for you Texas mum.