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British Army veteran arrested for silently praying for his dead son near an abortion clinic | Blaze Media
A British Army veteran was confronted by police for standing silently near an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, England. The man's apparent crime: He was silently praying for his murdered son.Adam Smith-Connor of Southampton is the second Briton in recent months to have been arrested, not for...
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Apparently, this guy was arrested for silently praying near an abortion center.
A British Army veteran was confronted by police for standing silently near an abortion clinic in Bournemouth, England. The man's apparent crime: He was silently praying for his murdered son.
Adam Smith-Connor of Southampton is the second Briton in recent months to have been arrested, not for speech or actions, but for silent prayer — for the thoughts in his head.
Censoring silence
Smith-Connor told the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) UK, a faith-based freedom advocacy group, that "22 years ago, I drove an ex-girlfriend to a facility where I paid for her to have an abortion. Many years later, I came to realize what I had done and it has been a source of great grief to me in my life.""I now pray for my son and to God for forgiveness," said Smith-Connor,
Looks like not even silence is the friend of a conservative anymore