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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
As I said in my previous post, "I don't necessarily agree that all the other examples on that site are legitimate examples of discrimination." I think some of them are borderline. But with regard to the case at the DMV, the judge said that the law prosecutors tried to invoke was likely unconstitutional. So what law was that? I doubt it was simply a "disturbing the peace law". But even if it was, the question you have to ask yourself is whether these guys would have been arrested had they been talking (or preaching) about Buddhism.
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No, it's not, because it's not relevant (and because Buddhists don't prothelytize). The law they were charged under was impeding an open business. Again, they were acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
That said, I watched the video put out by the organization that defended them, and it's pretty blatantly obvious that getting arrested was their intent from the start. Their speech is too rehearsed, and they're too quick to cut off the security guard who asks them (politely) to go somewhere else. They got exactly what they wanted; to get arrested (largely for being a**sholes, yes, but there are times as a citizen I sure wished subway preachers could be arrested just so they'd SHUT THE EFF UP), and then they could claim victimization. When in fact, the only people being victimized were the poor souls they were shouting Bible verses at. But that's not their problem, because Jesus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FruQO8qaw9c