A certain Pastor Jones already notorious as the idiot who threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the date of the 911 attacks is rumoured to be invited to speak at some sort of English Defence League event. Well it appears he has found his appropriate level – the gutter amongst his far right hate friends. Of course the issue of whether he should be allowed to visit the UK has been raised, and the Home Secretary is said to be considering the issue.
Pastor Jones has allegedly said that prohibiting him from visiting the UK would be “incorrect and unfair”, and even “unconstitutional”. Well I’d perhaps agree with the unfair bit, but whoever said life was supposed to be fair? As for “incorrect” and “unconstitutional”, well Pastor Jones needs to read the Wikipedia article on the UK to educate himself on the fact that the UK is not part of the US so the US constitution doesn’t apply over here, and as for “incorrect” … who knows what he means ?
On a legal level, the Home Secretary certainly has the right to prohibit aliens (which is what the Pastor Jones is if he were in the UK) from visiting within certain constraints. So it is “correct” on that level.
Of course the meanest thing to do would be to allow him to visit and then throw him into prison for incitement to religious hatred – ignoring the fact that his threat to burn the Koran would count as that, just his presence in the UK could count as incitement to religious hatred. And given his history, it seems likely that what he says is likely to count to.
Of course Pastor Jones isn’t likely to realise that he could be imprisoned over here!