DALLAS, Feb 5 (LSN)—US federal Magistrate Judge Jeff Kaplan, ruled in a civil suit yesterday against the pro-life group Operation Rescue, the group’ s national leader, the Rev. Flip Benham, and five other members. A jury found that the group was guilty of harrassing abortionist Norman Tompkins and his wife, Carolyn. The pro-lifers were ordered to pay the abortionist $10 million US. Rev. Benham nnotes that, “No law was broken. Nobody was arrested. The laws protect First Amendment rights and that’s all that were expressing was First Amendment rights.” Pro-life pickets held outside the abortionists residence led to the verdict.
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