To: Tim Long
Who wants to bet we'll see some "God hates fags" signs?
These guys have nothing to do with Al Gore supporter Fred Phelps and his band of loonies. They are the real deal. Conversion to Christ through a message of love and repentence.
7 posted on
10/07/2005 11:46:54 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(The greatest gifts parents can give their children are siblings.)
To: Antoninus
Thanks for that clarity.
Its good to know this group is different.
Phelps is an idiot (mild language being used)
15 posted on
10/07/2005 11:54:54 AM PDT by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com)
To: Antoninus
I am reading this and watching the event for how the sodomites will very gladly deny Christians the Constitutional rights that they demand (and they demand rights that the Constitution doesn't affirm).
In the Philippines (The RoP is supposed to have a constitution modeled upon ours...that's really a joke! But Iraq will be worse!) four of us were criminally charged with the crime (really on the books!) "Offending the Religious Feelings..."
We were across a boulevard from the venue of an event held by an eccentric religious cult. We were not in their venue. We held Scripture signs and spoke to anyone who desired to have conversations with us (no amplification of our voices). We didn't preach. Members of that cult came near the street but remained on the other side for two hours and tried to challenge us to debate their leader (we didn't respond), and took photos and videos.
After dark, some 40 members of that cult left their venue and crossed the boulevard to us, and body-blocked us. That is they pressed against us in such a way (40 against 4) that we could not move. They yelled in our ears and told us to leave, then they prevented our departure deliberately. Another man affiliated with us was able to get the police chief to intervene. We requested safe escort into the police station, which the chief provided.
The Police Chief stated from his bench and in his official capacity that he and his officers had been observing us and had not seen any violations of law. But the cult was able to get a prosecutor to file CRIMINAL charges against us..."Offending [their] Religious Feelings." (Article 133, Philippines Criminal Code). Article 133 had not been used since 1951.
We are still defending ourselves in this case. We are free on bond. Maximum sentence if convicted would be 4 years, six months in prison, although the Philippines Department of Justice informs us that we would likely be given probation. The Philippines DOJ actually takes our position, and they regret that their prosecutor ever got this before a judge, but now that it is before the judge, they can't interfere, and have to let it run its course.
I see the same tactics practiced by these sodomites in Philadelphia. They are not interested in anyone except themselves having any "right" to anything. They have minds that are totally reprobated.
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