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WND EXCLUSIVE
10th Circuit hears case of woman ordered to stop praying in her own home
Cops accused of intimidating, threatening, then poking fun at faith
Published: 2 hours ago


Religious liberty in America, assured by the Constitution, became a battleground under President Obama when he tried to force nuns to pay for abortion drugs, insisted America wasn’t really a Christian nation and fined Christians for practicing their faith.

While President Trump has vowed to restore and protect religious rights, some of the Obama-era cases aren’t over, including the one brought by Mary Ann Sause after police officers ordered her to stop praying in her home.

As WND reported, Sause alleges officers came to her door, demanded entry, intimidated her, told her to stop praying and made fun of her.

The Louisberg, Kansas, resident initially fought the officers on her own, without success. But since then, the First Liberty Institute has joined the dispute on behalf of the retired Catholic nurse on disability.

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On Tuesday, First Liberty said it had just completed oral arguments before a three-judge panel on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

“In court briefings, government attorneys defended the police officers’ actions by arguing that the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause only ‘protects an individual’s right to choose a religion,'” the woman’s legal team explained.

But that could set a dangerous precedent, they warned.

“The Free Exercise Clause protects an individual’s right to do exactly that – to freely exercise his or her faith,” said Stephanie Taub, senior counsel for First Liberty Institute. “The government’s attempt to redefine the First Amendment through this case could set a dangerous precedent for religious freedom.”

Sause said in a statement released by her lawyers that prayer “is essential to my faith and everyday life.”

“Not a day goes by when I don’t pray,” she said. “It is concerning to see the government claim the First Amendment protects my right to choose my religion, but not my right to pray in the privacy of my own home.”

Taub emphasized the First Amendment “guarantees the right for all Americans to freely exercise their faith.”

In December, WND reported police officers were defending their actions by insisting they did not “burden” Sause’s constitutional rights.

“Police State USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality” chronicles how America has arrived at the point of being a de facto police state, and what led to an out-of-control government that increasingly ignores the Constitution. Order today!

Her lawyers challenged the government’s claim “the First Amendment only ‘protects one’s ability to choose his or her religion.'”

“According to the city of Louisburg, ‘the act of stopping [Ms. Sause’s] prayer did not burden her free exercise of religion’ because only conduct that forces her to change her religious practices or causes her to stop praying altogether would violate the Constitution,” her attorneys said.

But they explain the Free Exercise clause in the First Amendment “extends beyond the right to choose one’s own religion and includes the right to pray in the privacy of one’s own home, which is a fundamental right clearly protected by the First Amendment.”

They say the officers had no legitimate law-enforcement justification for the order, and so it “‘burdens’ her ability to freely exercise her religion in her own home.”

The background is that the woman was home late at night when police demanded to come into her apartment.

They explained: “She alleges that they harassed her, saying that the Constitution is ‘just a piece of paper’ that ‘doesn’t work here’ and telling her to prepare to go to jail. Terrified, Ms. Sause asked one of the officers if she could pray. After being told she could, she knelt in silent prayer, only to have another officer enter the room and order her to stop praying. Only at the end of the encounter did they tell her that they were there because of a minor noise complaint that her radio was too loud.”

The confrontation happened on the night of Nov. 22, 2013, when two officers approached her door and demanded that she open it.

She explained that they did not identify themselves and she could not see them through an inoperable peephole, so she didn’t open the door.

“As a survivor of rape, Sause never opens her door to anyone she can’t identify,” First Liberty said.

The officers left, but they came back and again demanded to be allowed in.

“When Sause came to the door, the officers asked why she didn’t answer the door the first time. Ms. Sause saw a pocket Constitution, given to her by her congressman, lying on a nearby table and showed it to the officers, who still had not explained the reason for their appearance. One officer laughed and said, ‘That’s just a piece of paper’ that ‘doesn’t work here.'”

Once inside, they “harassed” her, she said, at one point telling her to get ready to go to jail.

“When Sause asked why, he said, ‘I don’t know yet,'” First Liberty reported.

She was frightened and asked permission to pray, and one officer agreed. The other then came back into the room and ordered her to “stop praying,” the complaint explains.

They then “flipped through the codebook to see how they could charge her,” finally choosing “interference” and “disorderly conduct.”

At the end of their visit, they finally explained they were there because someone thought her radio was too loud.

The case is against Louisburg, its police department, Chief Timothy Bauer and officers Jason Lindsey and Brent Ball and others. It seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

“Police State USA: How Orwell’s Nightmare Is Becoming Our Reality” chronicles how America has arrived at the point of being a de facto police state, and what led to an out-of-control government that increasingly ignores the Constitution. Order today!



Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/10th-circuit-hears-case-of-woman-ordered-to-stop-praying-in-her-own-home/#eQWKvJYS83rg3Xhu.99

There is not more about this story to be found. Does anyone have anything further to back up the story? While I have heard other similar stories whill Obama was president, this is the first one that has surfaced since we voted Obama and company (Namely shill Hillary) out of government. Would appreciate it if someone else could validate this plausible but not documented story.

Thanks.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

if this is true then End Times are hear faster than I thought. As an American I would pray ( if I am allowed) that this is fake news.

America Only Loc: From the right hand of God

Well it would not be a surprise at all that this is going on in this Nation. Now maybe some will think maybe it really is time to purge all the lefties out of the USA! That is my opinion.

As to anyone's right to be a Christian...I would without hesitation stand up armed if need be to protect that right for anyone any time.

PeterS

I'll bet Obummers thought police were listening through the microwave or coffee maker. I heard that fine young blonde girl say that Obummer did that. How else would they know shz was a prayen?

JW

https://firstliberty.org/cases/sause/
http://www.christianpost.com/news/police-tell-woman-she-cant-pray-inside-home-constitution-is-just-a-piece-of-paper-170400/


More info on the case.

PeterS

If this happened in 2013 why are we just hearing about this now? And just how could the court rule for or against the police when no policemen were ever identified? Now throw in the fact that this happened in the very conservative state of Kansas and you honestly think we should believe anything this woman is saying? Come now, haven't you guys had your quota of fake news lately--do you guys honestly believe everything your are fed???

JW

The police were named in the suit along with the chief of police and others. The court docs are on line. Look it up

Radiance3

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The Obama administration was run by SATAN under ISLAM, the religion of peace of Obama. Along with SEIU, Obama had required all public school kids to learn Islam, and required kids to recite this "allah is the only god"

Listen again to the facts of history how this fake ISLAM has been created.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_468896&feature=iv&src_vid=-SoXs0_rHY&v=ERou_Q5l9Gw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxKMxds-P8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ5Bwj3iTrg

PeterS

Look it up? You mean one cannot simply rely on the articles you provide to give an accurate portrait of the truth? No wonder you guys get so much wrong. And of the violations against Ms Sause not being able to pray out loud seems a fairly minor one? I mean, the reason given by the police seems bogus--isn't the police shaking down innocen--y when in fact it had nothing to do with the reason the cops were at her door. The woman's civil liberties were clearly violated--and since without the first her praying would never have mattered I would think the concern would be why two cops could shake down little ole ladies not that one stopped her from prayer. And again I have to say, this is Kansas--one of the most conservatives states in our union. You really expect us to believe that this is what is happening there? There is a reason the case was dismissed because if there was anything too it those wheat shuckers would bury those cops in the ground for stopping them from prayer their daily prayer....

PeterS

I thought Jesus said to love thy neighbor? Why not trust in Jesus and let him worry about the details...

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Thank you for the information. Yes, it is apparently true and that it is still an ongoing issue 4 years later is frightening to everyone who believes in God. It should also be frightening to those who do not believe in God but do believe in the Constitution. However, those who do not believe in God are usually those who also believe the Constitution, is just a piece of paper that should be scraped. They believe that there is no reason not to do what ever they want and to make up laws to suit their agenda. We are in dangerous times, as the whispers of satan have become shouts drowning out all other messages.

Radiance3

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For Jesus said this:
Matthew 7:15
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
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Radiance3

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For Jesus, my Lord and my God said this:

Matthew 7:15
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Lonewolf

This story is bs

snowbear37 Loc: MA.

It must be tough going through life as an imbecile. But proving to everyone that you are an imbecile is unnecessary. Your reply is also unnecessary.