<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[&#x27;Thoughtcrime&#x27;: Army veteran convicted for silent prayer interpreted as &#x27;disapproval of abortion&#x27;]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">A new low. Man literally did nothing.</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/abortion/thoughtcrime-army-veteran-convicted-silent-prayer-interpreted-disapproval" rel="nofollow ugc">https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/abortion/thoughtcrime-army-veteran-convicted-silent-prayer-interpreted-disapproval</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">Adam Smith-Connor, a British Army Reserves veteran who served in Afghanistan, received a "conditional discharge" [and] £9,000 [penalty]...</p>
<p dir="auto">Smith-Connor prayed for a few minutes outside an abortion clinic in November 2022 when officers questioned him about "the nature of your prayer"...</p>
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<p dir="auto">He was SILENT as he prayed for.......... wait for it....... His own deceased loved one.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Freedom of religion in the United Kingdom does not necessarily extend to private thoughts...</p>
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<p dir="auto">But, whole point of Elizabethan Religious Settlement, was to ALLOW private thoughts.</p>
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