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Coeur d'Alene Police Threaten Preachers With Arrest to Protect Gay Pride Event in City Park
RedState ^ | Jun 11, 2022 7:00 PM ET | streiff

Posted on 06/12/2022 11:45:56 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

In 1937, the US Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment applied to the states just as it did to the federal government. That is, state and local government, just as Congress, “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Someone should make a call to whoever is running Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and spread the word to them.

Today a group called the “North Idaho Pride Alliance” is holding an event in the Coeur d’Alene city park. It is in a public space and, according to the group, open to everyone because what is sexual depravity worth if you can’t do it in public amirite?

The event was scheduled opposite another event called “Guns d’Alene,” which celebrates the Second Amendment and is generally opposed to the objectives of the “North Idaho Pride Alliance.” Other counterprotests, the “gay pride” event, were also anticipated.

This is how authorities framed the day.

Tony Stewart, secretary for the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, said groups have the right to peaceful assembly.

But he said someone can’t threaten, physically harass or confront another.

“A line is drawn you can’t cross,” he told The Press.

Stewart said if one group does try to shut down or intimidate another, he’s confident police will handle it.

“One group does not have the right to deny another group or disrupt what they are doing,” he said.

According to the ACLU, the ground rules laid out by Mr. Stewart are problematic, if not outright illegal.

When a small number of counterprotesters, who happened to be non-violent Christian evangelists, showed up, this is what happened.

Coeur d’Alene: Police Officers Removing Christian Preachers from North Idaho All-Ages LGBT Event hosting Satanists & Drag Queenspic.twitter.com/6jQQatqqiz

— Idaho Tribune (@IdahoTribune) June 11, 2022

At 0:49 in the above video, you can hear a cop tell the man, “do not come back, or you’re going to jail.” The police also spout some nonsense about a “powered” sound device being illegal; that is simply bullsh**. Courts have ruled that the type of sound amplification devices carried can’t be banned from a public space.

Coeur d’Alene Idaho Police Continue Removing Christians from LGBT Event — Satanic Temple & Drag Queens Present at “Family-Friendly” Gatheringpic.twitter.com/lbSc613a30

— Idaho Tribune (@IdahoTribune) June 11, 2022

BREAKING: Police Detain Christian Preacher at Coeur d’Alene LGBT “Pride in the Park” event pic.twitter.com/3hKN9otaFB

— Idaho Tribune (@IdahoTribune) June 11, 2022

This is a cornucopia of First Amendment violations that should have been obvious to even the dimmest bulb involved. In 2012, the City of Dearborn, MI, paid out over $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Christian ministers who tried to preach the Gospel at a predominantly Muslim street festival. The City had restricted the ministers to the periphery of the event. A federal appeals court ruled that they had the right to preach and hand out literature inside the event. In addition to the money, the City of Dearborn was required to issue an abject apology.

While it is entirely understandable that the “pride” event would rather not have the truth and consequences of their aberrant lifestyle thrown in their faces and revealed to the unwitting participants who think that “drag queen story hour” and other grooming events are normal, they don’t have a right to hold the event on public property free of protest. They certainly don’t have the right to use Coeur d’Alene cops as stormtroopers to prevent them from getting their panties all wadded.

Last week I posted on the folly of blaming cops for using common sense and reflexively defending them with the “Back the Blue” worshipfulness; see Washington Post Tries to Make an Anti-Police Scandal of a Perfectly Reasonable Decision. As we saw during the COVID hysteria, police were more than willing to carry out any order they were given. Here is Sara Brady of Meridian, Idaho, being arrested and handcuffed for using a playground during a COVID lockdown.

You back the blue, but does the blue back you? https://t.co/CR0pohgfsr

— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) June 11, 2022

One can sympathize with the desire of Coeur d’Alene police to keep opposing groups apart and perhaps avoid physical confrontations. One can sympathize with the efforts of police to prevent street crime by stopping and frisking potential offenders. Fortunately, we don’t yet live in an era where “pre-crime” is the law of the land. The “pride” bunch had the right to assemble and spread their message to whoever wished to listen; what they did not have a right to was government protection from a competing viewpoint.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: bloggers; coeurdalene; donutwatch; fbi; freespeech; homosexualagenda; idaho; jbt; newsforumabuse; patriotfront; police; protest
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To: SoConPubbie

” Gay Pride “ in Idaho.

Californians asserting their new found control over the once sane state of Idaho.


21 posted on 06/12/2022 12:20:06 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: rexthecat

‘..you’re a freak. You really need at least a little bit of IQ to post here...”

Yeah. It’s really unfortunate that I believed my lying eyes my whole life. I wonder if I could qualify for disability? /s


22 posted on 06/12/2022 12:24:19 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: SoConPubbie

Now we know why “pride” month was created. To flush out anyone who won’t bow down in worship of the gay agenda.

The end goal is elimination of Christians.


23 posted on 06/12/2022 12:38:38 PM PDT by I want the USA back (To get the USA back - we have to recover from the current wave of insanity.)
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To: who knows what evil?

That’s been predicted for some time.

Appears to be coming true.


24 posted on 06/12/2022 12:40:06 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: steve86

Would you prefer “blue-suited bozos?”


25 posted on 06/12/2022 12:41:54 PM PDT by georgecorgi
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To: DownInFlames

I do smell a large lawsuit coming. The bookkeeper in Couer d’ Alene best sharpen his pencil. But it’s worth noting that Couer d’ Alene is at the bottom of Silver Valley which spent a century getting itself lead-contaminated from the Bunker Hill mines. It took into the 80’s before grass would grow on the hills but the lead is still there. While it’s being Kalifornicated one has to wonder how much brain damage the blue boys are taking?

Then remember it wasn’t too far south of here that the two quick draw depitties killed rancher Yantze after calling him to help with a road-hit bull. Just north is where they killed Weaver’s dog and wife. It’s always newcomers that get stoopid.


26 posted on 06/12/2022 12:51:34 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: null and void

JBT Ping


27 posted on 06/12/2022 1:00:10 PM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: OldWarBaby

The murder of Jack Yantis by rogue cops:

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwest/idaho/article2223


28 posted on 06/12/2022 1:08:07 PM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: SoConPubbie

Maybe the queers brought donuts…..


29 posted on 06/12/2022 1:20:49 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: FlyingEagle

Who is “FIB?”


30 posted on 06/12/2022 1:46:09 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I knew it.

It starts with ‘probable cause’ re the alleged white supremacists, now this.

What’s next?


31 posted on 06/12/2022 1:53:43 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: SoConPubbie
'Congress, “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”'

The January 6 "Committee" must not have read that part of the Constitution.

32 posted on 06/12/2022 2:16:18 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("Saints are sinners who never gave up." St. Theresa of Avila)
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To: jonrick46

It means an FBI liar.


33 posted on 06/12/2022 2:59:07 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (My body, my choice....but not when it comes down to unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates.)
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To: Savage Beast
The January 6 "Committee" must not have read that part of the Constitution.

Oh, they read it. They just don't care because they are fascists.

34 posted on 06/12/2022 3:59:37 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: georgecorgi

The police in these small to medium cities now won’t support those that believe in individual rights and constitution even in a red state. Defund police makes more sense now. All they do is protect the state and their leftist paymasters.


35 posted on 06/12/2022 4:18:41 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: FlyingEagle

“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

- Presidential candidate Barak Obama, July 2, 2008

I believe that is why are seeing such things, and observing this abhorrent behavior.


36 posted on 06/12/2022 4:21:35 PM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: jonrick46

That is the Eff Bee Eye feral Bureau Investigators.

Wonder why these nicely dressed white nationalist rioters have the FIB megaphone? False flag much? Astro turf maybe? It’s all fake, just like the Brandon White House and Brandon “election”.


37 posted on 06/12/2022 5:27:01 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Regulator

That should get the people to “back the blue”. OTOH, they are still pissed we made them look bad a few years back when Antifa was going to tear up CDL, and the locals showed up armed to the teeth.


38 posted on 06/12/2022 7:24:10 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: Regulator

That should get the people to “back the blue”. OTOH, they are still pissed we made them look bad a few years back when Antifa was going to tear up CDL, and the locals showed up armed to the teeth.


39 posted on 06/12/2022 7:28:49 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: ChildOfThe60s

This “Committee” strikes fear into every honest, intelligent American. This spectacle is absolutely terrifying.


40 posted on 06/12/2022 8:17:25 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("Saints are sinners who never gave up." St. Theresa of Avila)
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