The following comes from a September 30 story by Courthouse News Service:
In a move that could potentially see lawsuits against journalists for reporting on undercover footage, California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday approved a Planned Parenthood-sponsored bill that enhances penalties for secretly recording health care providers.
Although it’s already illegal to record private conversations in the Golden State, Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, convinced the Legislature and governor that stronger laws were needed to prevent undercover sting operations like the one that ensnared Planned Parenthood last summer.
Planned Parenthood sponsored and heavily lobbied for Assembly Bill 1671 after sting videos showing doctors discussing fetal tissue sales with fake buyers were released last year.
The bill creates a new crime and enhances penalties for individuals that secretly record or distribute footage of health care providers. Californians caught secretly recording private conversations with a health care provider could be incarcerated for up to a year under AB 1671.
The California Newspaper Publishers Association officially removed its opposition days before the final vote, but it remains skeptical of the bill’s potential impact to its media clients. Since AB 1671 creates a new crime, journalists and media groups could still be sued for reporting future undercover videos.
In the end, the controversial bill cleared the Senate and Assembly on the final night of the legislative session on a mostly party-line vote. Brown signed the bill without comment Friday.
Critics claim AB 1671 will likely be challenged by free-speech activists because it protects a specific industry – Planned Parenthood – and amounts to content-based regulation of speech.
Christianity is also a crime in California; not de jure but de facto.
Really? Don’t be silly. Christianity is not a crime in California.
When faith-based crisis pregnancy centers are ordered by the state to advocate abortion, Christianity is a crime.
When Christian schools are told they must adhere to LGBTQ ideology and are threatened with lawsuits for dismissing SSM teachers, Christianity is a crime.
When private Christian businesses are coerced by state law to provide services at SS weddings, Christianity is a crime.
When the state orders church institutions to cover elective abortion in medical insurance, Christianity is a crime.
Wake up.
No law baldly says that Christianity is illegal, but quite a few laws now make Christianity illegal to practice fully and faithfully: it is illegal de facto.
Christians whose “faith” involves no more than attending a worship service for an hour on Sunday will be left alone by the state. It’s those Christians who insist on living out the faith authentically in public who are criminals in the eyes of the state.
Haven’t you noticed Obama and the Democrat Party attempting to rewrite the First Amendment’s right to “freedom of religion” as “freedom of worship”? That subtle change implies a much different understanding of religious freedom: worship is limited to what you do in the walls of a church; religion is what you live in public.
Make no mistake: the Democrats aim to make Christianity as a religion illegal to practice in public. In CA they are succeeding.
Not an outright crime-yet. However, try putting your Christian faith into action by protesting, speaking out, or publicly praying and watch how fast you are told that you are trespassing, inciting a riot, guilty of hate speech, etc.
Hillary and her minions are not friendly to freedom of religion and if you are on this site and presumably a Catholic Christian, you cannot vote for her brand of evil.
Your Fellow Catholic– if you are truly our “Fellow Catholic,” why do you write such antagonizing posts, to good, serious, Catholic posters?? Why not join with them, instead??? Oklahoma has had a great deal of trouble, with Satanists holding Black Masses, in their Oklahoma City civic buildings, insisting on allowing their vile practice of so-called “religion,” in the name of so-called “American freedom of religion!” Actually— the Satanists are PERSECUTING Christianity!! Especially, Catholicism! They also have performed extremely vile and offensive pubic rituals of desecrating Our Lord and His Most Blessed Mother, on her Feast Days, such as the Assumption!
Sorry– but I have a misprint, in my above post (typed too fast!)!! The ninth line should read, “…extremely vile and offensive public rituals…” Sorry!! P.S. It is a HORROR, when sick, Satanic cult members try to steal our holy, CONSECRATED HOSTS, for their HORRIFIC EVILS!!!
The evils of Oklahoma, as I described, above– are similar to what is happening in California– NO RESPECT FOR CHRISTIANITY!! There is even a “Church of Satan” listed in the San Francisco church directory!! Maybe Gov. Brown and his wife are members!
YFC, how many dead babies do you think is okay?
S, Your testimony is true & wise. Nobody is supposed to GET IT & be aware enough to figure out the trickle down goal to constrain Religious Freedoms (RF) which has been unleashed by POTUS. Meaning: You ONLY have RF in the confines of a church building (UNLESS you are Muslim). No surprise, HRC has openly spoken of this interpretation of law (Civil Rights over Religious Right) & her support of it. ( Does not sound the least bit silly. More like a slimy slope.) EWTN’s Fr. Tony also spoke about this just today during mass in his sermon. He encouraged all Catholics & Christians to be aware of this in the up coming elections. Praise God for a great pro-choice, pro-family Sunday sermon.
Sawyer – Christianity is Not a Crime in the peoples republic of kalifornia – Just Practicing It.
BTW – Did you read that Military Members with long and distinguished service records are now being threatened with Dishonorable Discharge and loss of Veteran’s Benefits – if they Fail to Really Really Believe in the Tranz-Misandry Agenda of the Abomination.
They Joined and served under Honorable Conditions – but it is now ‘Cannibal Soup’ time – and either you join the cannibals and eat heartily, or in to the stew pot you go.
“Fundamental Transformation” – like “Arbeit Macht Frei’ (the sign over Dachau Concentration Camp) is all about ‘tolerance’ – for true Abominations; and No Conscientious Objectors Allowed.
The real reason they made this a crime is because they can’t handle the truth in California and throughout the entire country. Over 50 Million unborn baby children have been slaughtered since Roe versus Wade legalized the abortion of unborn baby children. With all the disasters in recent years shows that God has taken his hand of protection from California and America. California and the rest of America need to convert and repent or face the judgement of Almighty God
The new law is blatantly unconstitutional, and Gov. Brown knows it. He is banking on the “Clinton effect” to maintain its fascist intent. Remember that no one believed that the Nazi’s would actually pass laws outlawing all kinds of civil rights of Jews — but they did, and Jews died. This is no different.
The Church ought to start registering parishioners, Catholic schoolchildren included– to offer a great, big spiritual bouquet, for the conversion of immoral, so-called “Catholic” politicians– and also, to include acts of reparation for their sins!!
Bad “Catholic” politicians like Gov. Brown, should all have ben excommunicated many years ago!
So one person says the bill is blatantly unconstitutional. For those of us who are not members of the Bar, perhaps a bit of enlightenment and specificity. Will the 9th Circuit so find? The Supremes?
What Gov. Brown is sadly promoting– is the evil “feminist agenda,” which believes in vile, degrading, dehumanizing, sinful promiscuity for women, along with birth control and murder of unwanted children.
No sting videos? Why? Isn’t this censorship of the free press? Gov. Brown has descended into the devils playground & reveals what will continue to happen if the devil in the red pantsuit is elected. Civil rights will continue to rule over religious rights. This is not a test, this is out future in America unless people of good will fight back in great numbers in November. May God’s peace rest upon people of good will.
Sawyer is speaking true. Just this am I watched testimony of veterans that said: Their chaplains aren’t allowed to even have a bible on the desk during consoling, happening now. They cannot display a religious symbol in their cubes in the military, right now. They cannot even mention God in speeches. This is being rolled out silently as I type this, all across America, in schools, military & public offices. A continuation of getting rid of the 10 Commandment monuments. When will we band together as good people, vote smart & vote for the best man (Trump) that is WILLING & READY to fight for religious freedoms? Any other vote will ensure the devil with the red pantsuit gets in & she wants Civil Rights over Religious Rights. God help…
Sawyer you are absolutely right. It has now become a crime for Christians to speak out against the evil diabolical agenda that has swept all of North America and the Western World. The examples that you give are just a few of things Christians especially Catholics can no longer voice their faith based opinions about. How much longer before Christians and Catholics are taken away and put into all these Fema Camps that are being opened across America? Brothers and sisters in Christ as Saint John Paul II stated throughout his Holy Pontificate, “Be not afraid”. Speak out and proclaim the word of God and Holy Gospel from your rooftops so that all across American can hear. Pray America Pray for the day of the Lord is near!
Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez received the “Champion of Choice–2015” award from Planned Parenthood—and he boasts about this on his website—the same website where he lists himself as a “Catholic.”
https://asmdc.org/members/a51/about/biography
I put this hypocrisy at the feet of Archbishop Gomez.
Well in the first place this bill is clearly unconstitutional, but that doesn’t mean that the courts will so rule. But more importantly, is it really necessary to make the point that everyone who reads this column and generally votes the Dem ticket has to take some measure of personal blame?
If you vote for Marxists, this is what you get, elections have consequences.
William is right. Elections have CONSEQUENCES. Wake up to REALITY in America = the practice of Religion INSIDE church walls. We complain but do we rise up & vote out the people doing this to Christians? The DNC’s agenda replacing Religious Rights with Civil rights is well on its way in America. If this stands, Religious Freedoms are D E A D. Did we miss this shift when the POTUS used this principle to unleash Sodom & Gomorrah on America with: Gay Marriage Civil Rights & Trans. Potty Civil Rights? Be part of the solution and Vote Together to end the war on Christians or stop whining. Vote them out!