European Court of Human Rights finds that Freedom of speech is not among them

Washington Times:
The European Court of Human Rights just ruled that a woman who was convicted in a Vienna court and fined for disparaging a religion — Islam — after she called out Mohammed as a pedophile did not, as she argued, have her free speech rights infringed.

She lost her last appeal and now must pay a fine of 480 euros, which is about $547.
Americans, take note. Lessons can be learned here. Warnings should be heeded.

There are many in the United States who want to mold this country into the shape of Europe — who want America to shed its sovereign system of capitalistic and constitutional principles and step full-steam-ahead into a more globalist type of governance.

But America is special — exceptional, really. Here, unlike in Europe, freedom is a God-given, not government granted. Moving toward the latter, shifting toward an EU-like system that squishes the individual for the good of the collective, means giving up cherished freedoms — freedoms like the right to speak and express oneself without fear of prosecution.

The case in point: A woman known only as Mrs. S., age 47, from Vienna, reportedly taught a couple seminars a few years ago, during which she spoke of the Prophet Mohammad’s chosen bride, 6-year-old Aisha, and their marriage consummation when the girl was just age 9.

Mrs. S., according to court documents cited by the Daily Mail, said to those attending her seminar that Mohammed “liked to do it with children.”

She also reportedly asked, “A 56-year-old and a 6-year old? What do we call it, if it is not pedophilia?”
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Apparently the truth is not a defense in Europe.  Obama would approve if you look at his UN speech on the subject.

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