Should there be a law that prohibits preaching in public conveyances?

No, freedom of speech would be violated.

I feel that no sensitive preacher would choose to preach in a public conveyance, as this would only get people's backs up and they would not be receptive to his message. What's more, with people entering and leaving, it would be a rather disjointed message. When I am travelling somewhere in a public conveyance, I want to be left alone, unless I strike up an interesting conversation with a neighbour, which of course would be gravely disrupted by the preacher's homily. However, I would hate to see such a law couched in terms which could cause it to be applied against someone who was simply giving a quiet testimony of faith to a fellow traveller.

A person standing in the street and preaching could, if he is successful enough to attract a crowd of bystanders, be charged under English law with obstruction of the highway. I can't remember ever seeing anyone successful enough for that to happen.

If you want to take action against people worshipping outside houses, then you're going to ban carol singing. Scroodge!

Assuming you're in the US:

No, that would violate the constitution's right to freedom of speech. So long as the preacher is not harming anyone or inciting violence or hatred, they can probably go ahead with their preaching.

But there's nothing that says that you can't argue with them, or point out the errors in what they preach. There is a streetcorner preacher who sometimes sets up shop near my office, and a local resident that delights in refuting his claims. Both sides cite chapter and verse to back their claims. The resident knows a whole lot more about the bible, but the preacher makes up for it with enthusiasm and volume.

No there should not be a law against public preaching. As long as no one is getting hurt, we have freedom of speech in America as well as freedom of religion. Why would you want to take away our rights?

The courts have even allowed access to private areas like common areas in shopping malls where they are the likely public gathering point for the sake of freedom of speech and assembly.

i'm assuming you're speaking about the U. S., yet in case you meant to debate this abroad, I say sorry. You did not specify a geographic venue. With that assumption, evaluate the motive of the first modification, and evaluate who's empowered to make that judgement of "what in the journey that they flow too far", what barriers are positioned upon First modification rights. evaluate the recent circumstances of burning the yank flag, open criticisim of the authorities, the statement by some that pedophilia must be a perfect option way of existence, the pushing of the envelope on the concern of obscenity and pornography, etc. Who determines what's "too far"? And in gentle of the moral and moral cancer ingesting away on the textile of yank lifestyle, do you extremely favor to mission First modification rights on public preaching? best to you.

If someone was in a public place "preaching" about his favorite team for the world cup, and against YOUR favorite team, you would find that rather annoying as well. But as long as they didn't raise thier voice beyond a certain level & they didn't touch anyone, they would be within thier rights.

Why is it just because religion is involved, people think the rules should be different?

Yes it would violate freedom of speech, their freedom of speech. That would be like wanting to fine someone for asking a religious question outside of a church.

Yes, there should. And it doesn't violate freedom of speech at all. Freedom of speech means the freedom to say what you want, not the freedom to say it to people who aren't interested. We need laws to encourage religious people to keep their religion to themselves. What if young children hear the preacher and don't realise he's full of crap?

i think there should be. I dont agree how people can stand in the street shouting their beleifs and get away with trying to convince - or brainwash people as I put it - that they should beleive in what they are telling them. I am a white person from england and I hate it so I cant imagine how people of other races and cultures feel.

OK, so it's annoying...but a law? NO NO NO.

We are already innundated with legislation about this, that and the other. Soon there'll be a law about which shoe you should put on first.

Just deal with it. the journey will end eventually, and you might learn something on the way....