{"id":516,"date":"2010-08-02T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/08\/should-prayer-on-a-public-sidewalk-be-grounds-for-arrest.html"},"modified":"2010-08-02T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T12:13:34","slug":"should-prayer-on-a-public-sidewalk-be-grounds-for-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/08\/should-prayer-on-a-public-sidewalk-be-grounds-for-arrest.html","title":{"rendered":"Should Prayer on a Public Sidewalk Be Grounds for Arrest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"article-title\" class=\"entry-title\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-none\" alt=\"PlannedParenthoodDisorderlyConduct_397x224.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/224\/import\/PlannedParenthoodDisorderlyConduct_397x224.jpg\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Offended? A 25-year-old Northwestern graduate student named Joseph Holland was charged with disorderly conduct for praying in front of a Planned Parenthood facility in Chicago. Holland claims he was standing still praying the rosary on a public sidewalk on July 3 when police arrested him for violating the city&#8217;s new &#8220;Bubble Zone&#8221; ordinance, a law passed last October that prohibits approaching or interfering with anyone entering or leaving a health care facility.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Were Holland&#8217;s prayers &#8220;interfering&#8221; with people entering Planned Parenthood? <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">What do you think? 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