Another Government Attempt to Silence the Gospel of Christ

 Another Government Attempt to Silence the Gospel of Christ

Marilyn Carroll, a faithful Christian servant whose loving and peaceful ministry at the "Summit Women's Center" in Bridgeport, CT has helped over 1,000 women find a choice both they and their babies could live with alerted us to this news article. Every day the mill is open, this small ministry lives out the Gospel of Christ in word and deed. Through the Body of Christ, they help find homes, jobs, provisions for children for these women who mistakenly thought they had no alternative but to kill their unborn baby by abortion without any idea of the terrible consequences. The government working "hand in glove" with the abortion industry wants to keep women ignorant of truthful information, ignorant of Jesus Christ, childless and suffering physical & emotional lifelong traumas as long as they will keep forking over cash to the abortion industry to have their babies murdered. The only impediment to this evil partnership is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ becoming biography in the streets through gentle Christians such as these. The timing screams out censhorship of free speech, the Gospel in particular.

Over the past 13 years, Marilyn Carroll, Carmen Vasquez and the loving network of caring Christians have been persecuted by both the federal and state courts in lawsuit after lawsuit that has been won not by the government but by these Christians. Still the victories were costly in time and money with legal fess and associated costs. Our government appears to have no shortage of time and no scruples over exacting taxes from us for senseless activities at odds with our Constitution or or the benefit of its citizens. The government simply refuses to stop trying to silence the Gospel. It does not want to hear of another God, another King, King Jesus. Below is a news article from the Connecticut Post on this latest effort preceded by a foreword by Marilyn Carroll.

This is just another attempt of our government to silence the gospel. We have been at this mill for thirteen years and the real violence is inside where they kill babies and maim women. Since we have had our ministry there over 300 salvations and over 1000 babies saved. PTL. MC

http://www.connpost.com/Stories/0,1413,96%257E3750%257E1037496,00.html

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Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 3:42:25 AM MST

Abortion protester going back to court
By MICHAEL P. MAYKO mmayko@ctpost.com

BRIDGEPORT

The state's most vocal abortion protester will soon be back in federal court defending himself against new contempt-of-court charges.

Stanley Scott, the 77-year-old retired toll collector from Fairfield who spends Tuesdays and Saturdays protesting outside the Summit Women's Center on Main Street, is accused by government lawyers of again violating restrictions imposed on him in 1997 by Senior U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas on at least 45 occasions.

The judge has not yet set a date for the hearing.

The action comes at a time when the U.S. Supreme Court is considering allowing federal racketeering and extortion laws to be used against abortion protesters.

Abortion rights organizations claim more severe punishment is needed to stop the violence.

However, lawyers for the anti-abortion movement fear such punishment will take away their advocates' freedom of speech.

"If the pro-choice people were really pro-choice they wouldn't have any problems with pro-life counselors offering women an alternative to abortion," said Marilyn Carroll, a leader in the anti-abortion group at Calvary Free Evangelical Church in Trumbull.

Carroll is among a group of women who have been offering sidewalk counseling outside the Summit Women's Center for the past 13 years.

"I've never seen any violence there," said Carroll.

A battery of state and federal lawyers including Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Sandhya L. Subramanian of the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division in Washington and Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolyn A. Ikari brought the charges against Scott, who has represented himself.

"Evidentally they must consider me a serious threat," said Scott, who believes he is the voice of unborn children. "I'm obviously hurting their business of killing babies. Just this week, two women changed their minds."

Carroll expressed surprise at the latest charges and the number of lawyers involved.

"Don't they have anything else to do?" she asked.

Blumenthal said "the main purpose of this motion is to modify the injunction against Mr. Scott and hold him in contempt. We want to insure that the clinic and its clients are afforded the protection it needs and deserves against physical interference and obstruction."

Following a 1997 civil trial, Nevas found Scott's form of protests violated the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.

Since then Nevas has found Scott in contempt of court for his protests on three occassions. As a result, Scott has been fined $300; ordered to stand back 28 feet from Summit's entrance and eight feet from people and vehicles who tell Scott they are not interested in his counseling.

They claim Scott violated Nevas orders against yelling and shouting outside the facility on at least 45 occassions in the past year and used a microphone for nearly 15 minutes on another occasion. Nevas restricted Scott from using any voice amplification equipment.

Jonathan Scolnik, a volunteer escort at Summit, signed an affidavit saying he videotaped Scott using a megaphone at least seven times on May 21, 2002, and nine times on June 4, 2002. He also claimed to have seen Scott violate the eight-foot restriction on two occasions.

As a result, the government lawyers want Scott fined an additional $1,000.

They also want the same restriction imposed on Scott at Summit's new 3787 Main St. site as was in place at the former 211 Middle St. site. Summit moved on May 8, 2002.

"What I'm concerned about is they are infringing on my right to free speech. I'd like a lawyer to represent me," said Scott, who said he can't afford a lawyer.

"No way are we trying to infringe on his First Amendment right to free speech," said Blumenthal.

Scott pointed out that Summit's new fenced-in location prevents him from getting near the clinic entrance and most of the clinic's clients.

But Jennifer Jaff, Summit's lawyer, said Scott has access to the clients who take the bus to the clinic and must walk by him.

"He has set up a folding chair on the street restricting passersby and traffic," she said.

Michael P. Mayko, who covers legal issues, can be reached at 330-6286.

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