United States District Court (July 1993) in the case of Black v. City of Atlanta, ordered the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to adopt procedures respecting the rights of pro-life protestors. The ruling encompassed:
<1. The fundamental rights of speech, press and religion includes the freedom to engage in prayer, conversation, oratory, display and/or distribution of literature, display of picket signs, reading of scriptures, singing and chanting.
- City authorities will not interfere with, restrict, or deny the rights of speech, press, or religion, unless an actual obstruction or impediment occurs. Circumstances where physical passage is possible, but discomfort with the messages of a speaker causes a person to avoid the abortion location, are not considered an obstruction or impediment.
- Public streets and public sidewalks located adjacent to abortion facilities in Atlanta are public forums. The City of Atlanta and its law enforcement personnel shall respect the exercise of free speech rights on these public forums.
Atlanta's law enforcement personnel must allow the greatest tolerance for political and religious expression by its citizens. The Atlanta Police Department's Field Manual will be revised to include the guidelines set forth in the court order. Copies of the court order will be distributed to all police zone and watch commanders.> 1993US010
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1993US010. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States District Court, July 1993, in the case of Black v. City of Atlanta. Pat Robertson, (Virginia Beach, VA: The American Center of Law and Justice, July 1993), pp. 1-2.