Lawsuit Supports Woman's Right to Promote Easter in Parks

A Christian legal group filed a lawsuit on Friday against a Florida county that prohibited a woman from handing out Easter invitations in a public park.

Liberty Counsel lawyers explained that Orange County’s park policy violated Shirley Snyder’s First Amendment rights for free speech, and that she had every right to encourage people to come to her church’s Easter service.

“Protecting private religious expression was the motivating factor behind the First Amendment,” explained Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel. “The voice of freedom is most at home in public parks."

The incident in question occurred on Apr. 1 when Snyder was in Cypress Grove Park in Orange County inviting people to her home congregation, Orlando Baptist Church, for their Easter service on the following Sunday. As part of her outreach, she handed out pocket-size tracts about Jesus Christ.

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