After the London Police were denounced worldwide for banning the word “cult” to describe the cult of Scientology, all charges were dropped.  The Guardian:

The Crown Prosecution Service ruled the word was neither “abusive or insulting” to the church and no further action would be taken against the boy….

The summons was issued under the Public Order Act on the grounds that the sign incited religious hatred.

BBC News:

“Our advice is that it is not abusive or insulting and there is no offensiveness (as opposed to criticism), neither in the idea expressed nor in the mode of expression.”

A spokeswoman for the City of London Police said: “The CPS review of the case includes advice on what action or behaviour at a demonstration might be considered to be ‘threatening, abusive or insulting.

“The force’s policing of future demonstrations will reflect this advice.”

And Glosslip has a commentary:

The pseudo-religion has used its “religious” status as a cloak and shield to keep critics and investigators from looking too closely at their fascist activities. Some European Union countries have taken more severe steps to prevent the group from “spreading” throughout their country, and in places like Germany, France and Belgium, the Church of Scientology is under serious attack, with several pending lawsuits and criminal investigations currently working their way through the respective legal and legislative systems.

Only in the United States, UK and Australia is the Church of Scientology treated with kid gloves and given special dispensation. The United States has even gone so far as to give the Church of Scientology and its adherents special tax exemptions no other recognized religions gets, despite hundreds of eyewitness accounts of abusive, cult-like behavior perpetrated by the Church of Scientology.

Congratulations Epic Nose Guy! Frame that summons. Keep it with you until the day you die as a reminder of HOW FUCKING AWESOME YOU ARE.

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