Since 2014, Gail Blair, a blind woman and former nurse

Quote:Since 2014, Gail Blair, a blind woman and former nurse, has enjoyed strolling through Wilcox Park in Westerly, Rhode Island. Located across the street from her home, the well-attended public park offers a safe and convenient environment for her.

But on June 24, 2019, Blair was banned from the park, as well as the city’s public library, for two years.

The Memorial and Library Association—the organization that manages the park and the library—had contacted law enforcement to report that Blair, a Christian, was trespassing on the park and “accosting” other patrons by “stopping” and “giving them religious pamphlets,” according to a police report. The Association also accused Blair of littering in the park because the pamphlets she handed out were sometimes discarded on the grounds by other patrons.

But Blair, 66, says she has never stopped anyone in the park by physical means.

“That would not be consistent with the peaceful ministry practiced and preached by Jesus,” she says. “In addition, I am a blind woman in her sixties. Physically accosting persons would be rather dangerous, had I the means to do it at all.”

In describing her evangelistic efforts, Blair says she follows the advice of the Pocket Testament League by “simply offer[ing] … a Gospel of John, the Word of God. No arguing.”

Thank goodness that would never happen in America.



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(08-16-2020 07:11 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Thank goodness that would never happen in America.



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I take it she was banned because the physically blind was trying to lead the spiritually blind who were too deaf to see?

Sounds like a criminal civil rights violation to me.