Efforts to Silence Clergy Continue Apace

Crisis Magazine ^ | 8/25/15 | William Kilpatrick

[marshmallow]

Christians in the U.S. worry that the day may be coming when they will no longer be able to freely speak their minds about their faith. But that day has already arrived in Canada, Europe, and the U.K.

In 2008, a Canadian Human Rights panel imposed a $5,000 fine on the Reverend Stephen Boisson for a letter he had written in 2002 to a small newspaper describing homosexual activists as immoral (the ruling was eventually overturned by a higher court). In the same year (2002), an Ontario court ordered a Catholic school to admit a homosexual teen and his older male lover to the school prom. In 2004, a Swedish pastor was sentenced to a month in prison for a sermon that criticized homosexuality. A year before that, Irish clergy were given notice that they could be prosecuted if they distributed a Vatican publication on same-sex relationships.

“Belfast pastor on trial for offending Islam.”

“Quebec bill targets people who write against the religion of Islam.”

This August, James McConnell, an Evangelical Christian pastor, was charged by a Belfast court with making “grossly offensive” remarks about Islam. Local Muslims complained that on May 18, the Reverend McConnell had preached a sermon to his large congregation describing Islam as “heathen” and “satanic” McConnell, who rejected an “informed consent” warning that would have allowed him to avoid prosecution, now faces six months in prison.

In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, McConnell said he had no hate for Muslims: “My church funds medical care for 1,200 Muslim children in Kenya and Ethiopia. I’ve no hatred in my heart for Muslims, but I won’t be stopped from preaching against Islam.” Ironically, Dr. Raied al-Wazzan, the director of the Belfast Islamic Center and the chief complainant against McConnell, does seem.....

[G Larry]

I will soon be in a position to speak out on behalf of the clergy, so that they do not have to put themselves in jeopardy with the court.

I will be making the case that because the court has made no similar injunction against Islamic clerics speaking against Christianity, the order against Christians is bias and void.

[Slambat]

Canada, Europe, and the U.K.

It’s this trash that the liberals hold as an example of
what our country should be like. And it is this
trash that we are becoming.

[Lurker]

“I will be making the case that because the court has made no similar injunction against Islamic clerics speaking against Christianity, the order against Christians is bias and void.”

And you’ll be laughed out of court in about 45 seconds.

But good luck anyway.

L

[G Larry]

I won’t be “in court”.

I will be speaking and writing in the court of public opinion.

[NetAddicted]

“On the contrary, the gay couple were deliberately attempting to provoke a predictable reaction from the baker so that they could proceed with a lawsuit.”

Is there any proof that homosexuals are acting to promote the homosexual agenda and make money, or is it supposition?

[highball]

“Canada, Europe, and the U.K.”

And this is why I thank God we have the First Amendment. We don’t have to worry about it here.

[IrishBrigade]

Is there any proof that homosexuals are acting to promote the homosexual agenda and make money, or is it supposition?

the proof that you seek can only come from the homosexuals themselves, if they were to admit it...which of course would defeat the entire purpose of their endeavors...

However, simply using a modicum of noggin power should tell you all you need to know...