First amendment, schmirst amendment

This is truly outrageous -- Pro-Life Pastor Hoye Gets 30 Days in Jail for Helping Women at Abortion Center

Oakland, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life African-American pastor has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for sharing a pro-life message outside local abortion centers. Walter Hoye was previously found guilty of violating what pro-life attorneys call an unconstitutional city law designed specifically to target him....

The ordinance prohibits contact within eight feet of women entering abortion businesses without their consent.

Today, Hoye was sentenced by Judge Hing of the Alameda Superior Court to serve 30 days in county jail . The court will allow Hoye to serve his time by an alternative method such as community service.

However, Hoye will be forced to pay a $1,130 fine and has been ordered to stay away from the abortion business and no longer help women find abortion alternatives.

Hoye is an African-American pastor who feels a special calling to work for the end of abortion because abortion centers specifically target the black community....

As part of his efforts, he stands in front of an abortion center in Oakland with leaflets offering abortion alternatives and a sign reading, "Jesus loves you and your baby. Let us help."

Leaflets offering abortion alternatives?! How dare he try to encourage women to make an informed choice?

I don't know if this sentence will be overturned successfully, but it certainly should. Mr. Hoye is being defended by the Life Legal Defense Foundation if you want to offer your support or a donation.