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Trespassing charges dismissed for Lakewood Church hecklers; Osteen testified at trial
Click 2 Houston ^ | June 22, 2016 | Phil Archer

Posted on 08/24/2016 6:49:08 PM PDT by Gamecock

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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

” A person can be ‘uninvited’ at any time, and such matters are rather common.”

They weren’t uninvited, they were just escorted out. That’s why the charges got dismissed. You can’t just throw a guest out and then claim they were trespassing, that doesn’t fly. They have to refuse to leave or there isn’t a case.


21 posted on 08/25/2016 8:00:45 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Gamecock

“Don’t taze me bro!”


22 posted on 08/25/2016 8:09:22 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

Good to have you pass through. Until later


23 posted on 08/25/2016 8:25:59 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: Gamecock

Mr. Fessler is correct.


24 posted on 10/05/2016 7:09:49 AM PDT by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: Boogieman
Yes, but if they invite the public to come on down, well, then they would seem to have waived some of their normal recourse when the public actually show up...

Stores and movie theaters are open to the general public too, but if you act in such a way as to disrupt the intended activity, you will be kicked out, if not arrested.

25 posted on 10/05/2016 7:30:35 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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“if you act in such a way as to disrupt the intended activity”

Is not testimony from those in attendance part of the intended activity of a Christian church?


26 posted on 10/05/2016 7:48:48 AM PDT by Boogieman
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The pastor decides what the service shall be, under the guidance of the board of trustees.


27 posted on 10/05/2016 8:25:20 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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Certainly, but unless the church also has people arrested if they yell out “hallelujah” or “praise Jesus”, then they can’t truly claim that audience participation is against their rules. If the rules aren’t enforced uniformly, then they aren’t rules at all.


28 posted on 10/05/2016 10:10:13 AM PDT by Boogieman
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