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‘You’re promoting hate’: Toronto police shut down preacher at Gay Pride parade
Life Site News ^ | July 6 2012 | Peter Baklinksi

Posted on 07/07/2012 6:55:47 AM PDT by scottjewell

TORONTO, Ontario, July 6, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian preacher spreading God’s word on a sidewalk in Toronto during the Gay Pride Parade on Canada Day was verbally assaulted by homosexual supporters as police watched, and was later surrounded by as many as 12 officers who forced him to vacate the area.

“I felt a bit threatened by the Law Enforcement violating my rights,” preacher David Lynn told LifeSiteNews.

“It was really hurtful, because if that’s what happens when Christians stand up and exercise and practice their faith, then we’re not far from being imprisoned or even killed for the faith.”

Lynn and his ministry team had set up a portable microphone system on a small cart, near the corner of Yonge and Wellesley, from which they preached and handed out religious tracts and free bibles.

Attached above the cart was a banner which read, “Free info about Jesus.”

A rainbow colored banner nearby the cart displayed the message, “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18.”

Lynn told LifeSiteNews that he was there at the parade to preach to the LGBT community about the love of God.

(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; lgbtqpride
Videos quite telling here.
1 posted on 07/07/2012 6:55:56 AM PDT by scottjewell
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From a post on the piece: “The girl in the pink shirt in the video who was screaming the expletives represents the majority of a movement that is more than just about gay rights.. . “ Really sums it the spirit of it up neatly.


2 posted on 07/07/2012 6:57:57 AM PDT by scottjewell
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To: scottjewell
“I felt a bit threatened by the Law Enforcement violating my rights,”

What rights? You're in Canada!

3 posted on 07/07/2012 7:06:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: scottjewell
I was actually there three weeks ago. There was a diaper head table w/a mooseSlime handing out literature. The street preacher was simply broadcasting very generic information about the Gospel.

There was nothing in his message that would offend anyone, other than those with an already guilty conscience. I think those faggots are simply condemning themselves.

4 posted on 07/07/2012 7:11:13 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: BenLurkin

Those beating him will leave bruises and such. The cops, though, will shoot to kill. All dozen of them.


5 posted on 07/07/2012 7:25:48 AM PDT by healy61
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To: scottjewell

Telling the truth about any “protected class” is always derided as hate speech.


6 posted on 07/07/2012 7:26:52 AM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of LibertyI'm st! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: scottjewell

First Amendment? Obviously not in Canada.


7 posted on 07/07/2012 7:27:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Ayers Was *Not* "Just Some Guy In The Neighborhood")
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To: All

Anyone who believes the cops won’t do the same thing here?


8 posted on 07/07/2012 7:38:10 AM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: scottjewell
"...if that’s what happens when Christians stand up and exercise and practice their faith, then we’re not far from being imprisoned or even killed for the faith.”

There is nothing in our soil, water, air or DNA that makes Americans freer than the rest of the world. What has made and kept us free is a common ideal that is no longer shared by a large portion of our society - and which is now under direct attack by the enemies of freedom who have usurped our institutions. Persecution lurks just around the corner, awaiting its approaching time.

9 posted on 07/07/2012 7:55:02 AM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: scottjewell

Tell the cops:

“Truth” is NOT “hate”.

There is nothing hateful in my protected speech.

Your mislabeling of my actions, are a false judgement.

You stand and protect the OWS crowd’s lawless behavior, and true messages of hate.
Yet you would deny my peaceful message of truth.

You stand and judge and you do the work of Satan.


10 posted on 07/07/2012 8:46:39 AM PDT by G Larry (I'm under no obligation to be a passive victim!)
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To: scottjewell
Query:

Who is promoting feelings of hate? Men preaching the Faith closely identified with the culture of Western Nations over the past thousand years; or those conducting a very deliberate "in your face" demonstration to celebrate behavior that most God fearing Westerners have been taught is an "abomination" in every generation.

William Flax

11 posted on 07/07/2012 9:17:12 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: BenLurkin
What rights? You're in Canada!

And it will be here in the U.S. very shortly.

12 posted on 07/07/2012 9:30:39 AM PDT by mtg
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To: AlmaKing

They did it to the Christians in Dearborn, MI at the Arab Festival. The cops stood by and watched while the Christians got pelted with bottles and rocks. Finally, they put an end to it by making the Christians leave.


13 posted on 07/08/2012 1:05:01 AM PDT by beaversmom
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And it will be here in the U.S. very shortly.

It already is here. The title should have added: While Cops Turn Away

American Muslims Stone Christians in Dearborn, MI (Original edit)

14 posted on 07/08/2012 1:23:37 AM PDT by beaversmom
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