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The case of 35-year-old Jonathan Perfetto of Manchester marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to rule on whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates a person's constitutional rights to religious freedom.
The Associated Press: NH sex offender claims religious rights denied
The case of 35-year-old Jonathan Perfetto of Manchester marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to rule on whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates a person's constitutional rights to religious freedom.
What say you, USMB members?
The man was never charged of actually touching a child. Only had pictures.
Does he pose a threat?
Should he be denied his right to exercise, freely, his religion?
The Associated Press: NH sex offender claims religious rights denied
The case of 35-year-old Jonathan Perfetto of Manchester marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to rule on whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates a person's constitutional rights to religious freedom.
What say you, USMB members?
The man was never charged of actually touching a child. Only had pictures.
Does he pose a threat?
Should he be denied his right to exercise, freely, his religion?
Where does it say one can freely exorcise one's religion?
we got this guy here....a mousey little guy...he has been caught peeping.....we were discussing this guy yesterday...what if he gets a kid...the kid begins to cry...he puts his hand over the kids mouth and suffocates the kid....i was shocked by this scenario...the men were not...they pointed out...its always the little guy that no one thought would be harmful who is harmful.
he cannot control his impulses and thinks its okay to peep
The Associated Press: NH sex offender claims religious rights denied
The case of 35-year-old Jonathan Perfetto of Manchester marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court is being asked to rule on whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates a person's constitutional rights to religious freedom.
What say you, USMB members?
The man was never charged of actually touching a child. Only had pictures.
Does he pose a threat?
Should he be denied his right to exercise, freely, his religion?
The Associated Press: NH sex offender claims religious rights denied
What say you, USMB members?
The man was never charged of actually touching a child. Only had pictures.
Does he pose a threat?
Should he be denied his right to exercise, freely, his religion?
Where does it say one can freely exorcise one's religion?
Ummm....Bill of Rights, maybe?
Since he's been convicted of a felony, are you saying he has forfeited that right just as he would forfeit his right to gun ownership?
Where does it say one can freely exorcise one's religion?
Ummm....Bill of Rights, maybe?
Since he's been convicted of a felony, are you saying he has forfeited that right just as he would forfeit his right to gun ownership?
Yes.
How do you see this shaking out, then, Jillian?Ummm....Bill of Rights, maybe?
Since he's been convicted of a felony, are you saying he has forfeited that right just as he would forfeit his right to gun ownership?
Yes.
i can tell you that the case law doesn't concur. Because the right to practice one's religion is a fundamental right specifically guaranteed by the 1st amendment, any regulation of that right is subjected to strict scrutiny by the courts. That would mean that the government would have to show a substantial governmental interest in the specific regulation.
There would be such an interest in keeping firearms from a felon.
How do you see this shaking out, then, Jillian?Yes.
i can tell you that the case law doesn't concur. Because the right to practice one's religion is a fundamental right specifically guaranteed by the 1st amendment, any regulation of that right is subjected to strict scrutiny by the courts. That would mean that the government would have to show a substantial governmental interest in the specific regulation.
There would be such an interest in keeping firearms from a felon.
Ummm....Bill of Rights, maybe?
Since he's been convicted of a felony, are you saying he has forfeited that right just as he would forfeit his right to gun ownership?
Yes.
i can tell you that the case law doesn't concur. Because the right to practice one's religion is a fundamental right specifically guaranteed by the 1st amendment, any regulation of that right is subjected to strict scrutiny by the courts. That would mean that the government would have to show a substantial governmental interest in the specific regulation.
There would be such an interest in keeping firearms from a felon.
Yes.
i can tell you that the case law doesn't concur. Because the right to practice one's religion is a fundamental right specifically guaranteed by the 1st amendment, any regulation of that right is subjected to strict scrutiny by the courts. That would mean that the government would have to show a substantial governmental interest in the specific regulation.
There would be such an interest in keeping firearms from a felon.
I think a prosecutor could make the case that this individual does not have Christian values therefore his religion which embraces "child pornography" is not compatible with the churches any more than if a muslim wanted to set up camp in a christian church.
