🥊Algerian boxer, Imane Khelif accused of being male after pummeling Mexican female boxer, Brianna Cruz and being disqualified for "high level of testosterone" after recent bout.
Khelif is a top 5 Tokyo Olympian, World silver medalist & 3x African champion women's boxer… pic.twitter.com/nZyrE1AkBo
“Khelif posted a video on social media and alleged ‘conspiracy.’” in response to the athlete’s disqualification from the women’s World Boxing Championships.
“Freedom of expression” by Harald Groven is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
In the U.K. today the answer is YES.
The U.K. has introduced a new law that bans silent prayer and any form of influence in a 150-meter zone around abortion facilities nationwide. If you are found silently praying within the length of a football field, you can be arrested and charged.
Set aside any view you might have about the efficacy or ethics of praying outside an abortion clinic. Surely those of us who uphold freedom of expression and conscience as indispensable rights of persons in a free society should be alarmed by such a law.
Each of them was arrested, fined, or acquitted for praying silently in zones deemed too close to an abortion clinic. The recently passed law says the protected censorship zone is the size of a football field.
These zones create legal confusion and empower the state to punish peaceful actions on the public street, which is harmful to a free society. But their supporters say they are protecting women. This aim sounds good in theory, but it is not true. Harassment is always wrong, and that is why it is already illegal under U.K. law. These zones are not about stopping harassment. You don’t need huge zones of silence to do that. This is about suppressing a certain perspective—in this case, the view that every unborn child has a right to life.
Every person should have the right to peacefully think, pray, and act according to his or her beliefs. After these harsh restrictions are introduced, we can expect serious consequences for basic freedoms in the U.K. Today the state is using its silencing power to promote abortion, but tomorrow it could apply similar measures to other issues.
It is urgent that all who care about the preservation of a free society resist the thought police.
“Thought police” by leighblackall is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Seven women are suing the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority for admitting a transgender woman into its sorority. The lawsuit says the individual has a profile on Tinder to meet women and "had an erection visible through his leggings" at the sorority house. https://t.co/zTNTgrkO5f
