A European court has delivered a significant victory for religious freedom after striking down a Bulgarian law that banned door-to-door evangelism. The law had prohibited people of faith from going door to door to share their beliefs, even as political canvassers were permitted to do exactly that.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Bulgarian ban violates the European Convention on Human Rights, determining that believers must be afforded the same rights of expression as any other group.
Nicholas Bauer of the European Center for Law and Justice spoke with EWTN about the ruling, stating: “The court ruling reaffirms a basic requirement of religious freedom for believers: the right to the same freedom of expression as everyone else.”
