The Church of Scientology vs. Anonymous confrontation continues, as Scientologists try to shut Anonymous down in court, or at least their protests. Unfortunately for them, the petitions requesting the judge to ban Anonymous members from getting closer than 500 feet of Scientology buildings in Clearwater were rejected for lack of solid arguments.

Scientologists claim they have been harassed by the Anonymous group, and even threatened, while at the same time included in their petition to the judge 10 supposedly acts of ‘vandalism’ on various churches and 22 bomb threats.

The strange thing about these claims is that so far, the Anonymous group has been protesting peacefully every time and no violent incidents have been reported. And another thing that made the request impossible to comply with: when asking for a restraining order, you need full name, address and phone number of that person, whilst the Church of Scientology filed the petition against “an association of people known as Anonymous,” which pretty much says nothing in terms of who to give the restraining order to.

According to a press release by the Anonymous, “the Church of Scientology is attempting to suppress the unalienable rights of United States citizens … this demonstrates once again that Church of Scientology leaders do not wish to operate in an environment where free speech is permitted.”

The court explained denying the Church of Scientology’s petition as follows: in order to pass legal requirements and obtain a restraining order, the Church of Scientology must come up with a list of names, instead of referring to them as persons affiliated to the group Anonymous.

The Church of Scientology also tried to respond to the Anonymous “threat” by posting a video on YouTube called “Anonymous – Hate Crimes & Terrorism Directed at Scientology,” which seems to have had little impact, considering the fact that the protests have been so far nothing but peaceful.