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PJI wins free speech case for street evangelist
Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
Chris Woodward (OneNewsNow.com)
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A court has ruled in favor of a Seattle street evangelist and his First Amendment right to free speech.
Matthew Meinecke, who is well-known in the downtown area for his street preaching, faced an anti-harassment order filed by the manager of a business.
Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute says the anti-harassment order blocked the street preacher from speaking in public forums in the downtown area.
“A local t-shirt shop owner decided that this was causing him to be angry and upset and disturbed, Dacus tells One News Now, “and so [Meinecke] was silenced from being able to preach the gospel there.