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Lawsuit Challenges City's Restriction on Abortion Protests

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WASHINGTON - A Christian legal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a pastor arrested for protesting outside an abortion clinic in Columbus, Mississippi.
 
The lawsuit, filed in Jackson by Liberty Counsel, alleges that the First Amendment rights of the Rev. Stephen Joiner were violated when he was jailed for protesting. The suit contends that Joiner was holding a sign stating that abortion kills children.
 
The suit names the city of Jackson and a police captain. Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver says his client was charged with violating a parade ordinance, even though he was alone.
 
Staver says the pastor is being harassed because of an apparent dislike of his client's message.

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