Authorities wield 'noise ordinance' to silence pro-life speech
'The dictates of petty bureaucrats carry greater weight than the inalienable rights of the citizenry'
Published: 17 hours ago
A fight has erupted in Oklahoma over a noise ordinance being used by authorities to target a pro-life activist who is scheduled for trial in October on a charge of making too much.
But it appears the fight is about a lot more than any actual noise that was, or wasn’t there, according to the Rutherford Institute, which is defending Toby Harmon.
In fact, Institute chief John W. Whitehead, a constitutional attorney and chief of Rutherford, explained, “It may seem trivial to be debating the merits of free speech at a time when unarmed citizens are being shot, stripped, searched, choked, beaten and tasered by police for little more than daring to frown, smile, question, challenge an order or just breathe.
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