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Protect Marriage CA Rally for Congregations When: October 19, 2008 5:00-6:30pm Where: ProtectMarriageCA.com What: The ABCs of Protecting Marriage Speakers include Jim Garlow, Matt Staver, Miles McPherson, Alan Chambers, Tony Perkins and others. Teach and encourage your congregation to speak out with confidence and make their voices heard. The LIVE, SATELLITE SIMULCAST RALLY will feature: * Ake Green – he is coming all the way from Sweden and will be with us in San Diego. He is the pastor who preached from Romans 1 about homosexuality and was arrested, tried three times, found guilty by the High Court of Sweden...

The 'how-to' plan to criminalize Christianity 'Homosexuals know they must silence the church and that's what's behind this' A growing movement that experts believe could end up in the criminalization of Christianity in the United States is being exposed in a new documentary being prepared for airing on October 26, officials at Coral Ridge Ministries have announced. "Hate Crime Laws" is a half-hour exposé that shows how Christians in America, Canada, Australia, and Sweden have been arrested and prosecuted for expressing opinions that are rooted in the Bible regarding homosexual conduct, Islam or other topics about which Scriptures express clear...

Stand for Marriage - Open Air Rally Restore Marriage ... Protect Children Sunday October 19 , 2008 Sponsered by Chinese Church Alliance Location: Veterans Memorial Park in Cupertino (21267 Stevens Creek Blvd... across the street from De Anza College) Poster Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Christianity in Sweden has a long history, but you won't find many Swedes in the pews on a Sunday. But that doesn't mean Swedish religious groups don't have the capacity to cause a stir, as Christine Demsteader reports. It seems the ubiquitous Holy Spirit has met its match in Sweden. God would probably have a pretty hard time getting a personnummer, and it would take a real miracle to prove his credentials to Migrationsverket. Quite simply, the majority of Swedes don’t think the big man exists. That’s according to a European Commission report from 2005 which states just 23 percent...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, DEC. 3, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Public critics of homosexuality increasingly run the risk of being penalized with sanctions. Laws designed to punish so-called hate crimes mean that opposition to homosexual behavior, even when based on moral grounds, is often risky. The Church carefully distinguishes between judgments about acts and the person involved. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in Nos. 2357-8, clearly states that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered," and that "under no circumstances can they be approved." At the same time, the Catechism asks Catholics to treat men and women who have homosexual tendencies with "respect, compassion and...

LAW OF THE LAND Swedish minister acquitted of hate speech charges Called homosexuality a 'deep cancer tumor' on society ------------------------------------------------------- Posted: November 29, 2005 10:04 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com The Swedish Supreme Court has acquitted a pentecostal minister of charges he violated the nation's hate-speech laws when he labeled homosexuality a "deep cancer tumor" on society during a sermon two years ago. The court ruled Ake Green was free to espouse his religious views even if they were deemed offensive by some, though prosecutors said the high court's decision will not lead to acceptance of "gay bashing." They noted...

You Prayed and God Answered! Pastor Ake Green Acquitted of “Hate Speech” by Swedish Supreme Court! We just received word this AM that the Swedish Supreme Court – in a unanimous decision - has acquitted Pastor Ake Green of charges that he engaged in “hate speech” when he delivered a sermon on homosexual behavior to his small church. This is a MAJOR victory for religious freedom worldwide, as a loss would not only have sentenced Pastor Green to jail, but also set an international precedent that radical advocates of homosexual behavior would have attempted to use to legally silence the...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Sweden's highest court on Tuesday acquitted a Pentecostal pastor accused of hate speech for having denounced homosexuality as a "cancerous tumor" in a sermon. Ake Green's contentious sermon in 2003 was protected by freedom of speech and religion under the European Convention on Human Rights, the Supreme Court said in a 16-page ruling. Green, 64, became the first clergyman convicted under Sweden's hate crimes legislation, when a lower court found him guilty of inciting hatred against homosexuals. An appeals court overturned the ruling earlier this year, but Sweden's chief prosecutor appealed the acquittal to the Supreme...

EXCLUSIVE FROM STOCKHOLM: PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR PASTOR GREEN… Last week, I asked you to pray for Pastor Ake Green, the Swedish pastor facing imprisonment for preaching a sermon on Bible and homosexual behavior. Argued before the Swedish Supreme Court last Wednesday, November 9th, this case has serious ramifications worldwide. As we told you, ADF sent chief counsel Benjamin Bull to Sweden to assist with last Wednesday’s trial. Unlike U.S. Supreme Court oral argument, this was an actual trial where Pastor Green was called to testify and grilled by the prosecuting attorney. Ben reports: “Pastor Green’s trial before the Swedish...

A Swedish clergyman accused of inciting hatred against homosexuals has defended his comments in Sweden's Supreme Court. In a sermon two years ago, Pentecostal pastor Ake Green told his congregation that homosexuality was a ''deep cancer tumour'' on society. Speaking in court, Mr Green said the comment referred to a homosexual lifestyle, rather than individuals. A conviction against him earlier this year was overturned, but Sweden's chief prosecutor appealed against this. If found guilty by the Supreme Court, Mr Green could serve up to two years in jail.

Ake Green is a Pentecostal preacher who was convicted of hate crimes in Sweden for preaching a sermon in which he comdemned homosexuality as sinful. The conviction was thrown out by an appeals court, but that acquittal will be reviewed by the Swedish Supreme Court.