Is there a 1rst amendment right to piss off a neighborhood?

[Archae]

This asshole bishop, with his insistence on playing a recording of church bells EVERY half hour, including at night, seems to think so.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/11/freedom-of-religion-or-disturbing-the-peace.html

[PeaceNikki]

1. Oooo... fuck that.

Me n him would have a come to Jesus talk about that shit.

[Warpy]

2. I remember a church that used to sound bells on the hour

as though the tower was a giant grandfather clock. It wasn't terribly obtrusive nor was it terribly loud. It was a real bell, fairly low pitch.

However, this asshole really crossed a line. Most cities have noise ordinances and his bells were in violation of them during the night.

[Skittles]

3. as someone who works nights, sleeps days

I would kick me some fucking bishop ass

[depakid]

4. Now this is what the common law holds as a nuisance

And the neighbors are well within their rights to abate that nuisance.

[anigbrowl]

5. The court didn't and put him on 3 years probation. No big surprise.

[guitar man]

6. Every half hour?

And even at night? If it was next to me he'd be well advised to put the recording on a small flash drive...because a record or even a cd would be extremely uncomfortable when I shoved it up his ass! :grr:

[Ozymanithrax]

7. For a Bishop that is Freedom of relgion and Freedom of Speach.

So, yes, there is a right.

Talk to your neighbors. Have as many as you can call the police everytime he plays the bells and complain of noise.

Check for noise ordnances in your city. I am sure that you can find one he is in violatio of.

[provis99]

8. the 1st Amendment is only a claim against government power.

It does not give someone a "right" to piss off the neighbors. Someone should take this big church bell and shove it up the pious one's ass.

[Egnever]

9. I am pretty sure there is a couple in california that would be more than happy to sue him