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Reading Man Arrested for Quoting Bible in Public
Lancaster Patriot ^ | 6-5-23 | The Lancaster Patriot Staff

Posted on 06/06/2023 2:42:34 PM PDT by artichokegrower

It took less than sixty seconds of standing on a sidewalk for Damon Atkins to be placed in handcuffs and arrested for quoting a portion of a Bible verse.

On Saturday morning dozens of people were gathered outside the Reading City Hall on Washington Street to participate in the city’s first ever “Pride March and Rally” endorsed by Mayor Eddie Moran. At approximately 10:05 a.m. Atkins arrived at a public sidewalk across the street from City Hall.

In less than a minute he found himself in handcuffs.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2thess2verse10; 2timothy3verses1to4; 80percenthivcasesmen; dissent; freespeech; homosexualagenda; pennsylvania; periloustimes; pride; redding; romans1verses18to22; romans1verses18to32; tyranny; unitedstatesofsodom
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No quoting the Bible but a Hunky Jesus contest on Easter Sunday is ok
1 posted on 06/06/2023 2:42:34 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

He was NO ARRESTED, He was KIDNAPPED AT GUN POINT and the thug in the magic blue costume needs to be Put Away for a very long time.

With that said, if you really want to preach at these events USE THE KORAN OR HADITH and watch what happens.


2 posted on 06/06/2023 2:48:26 PM PDT by eyeamok
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In Reading, reading is OK, as long as it isn’t the Bible you are reading from.


3 posted on 06/06/2023 2:49:24 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: artichokegrower

Had a hard time telling this wasn’t in the UK.

Pennsylvania.


4 posted on 06/06/2023 2:50:06 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: eyeamok

That would actually be a very impactful thing to do. Go with an observant Jew & a Muslim. Make sure they take you all away & then you’ve got an interesting court case on your hands.


5 posted on 06/06/2023 2:51:01 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: artichokegrower

Wow...this is completely protected speech...I hope the cop and the city have good lawyers...


6 posted on 06/06/2023 2:52:22 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: artichokegrower

Sure feels like the season, the day and hour of which no man knows. But the season...


7 posted on 06/06/2023 2:52:43 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Police Sergeant Bradley T. McClure

This clown needs to be retired Lancaster!

So sad that a believer cannot preach the Bible on the street......

8 posted on 06/06/2023 2:54:21 PM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: rottndog

I don’t.

The cop needs to be jailed for 10 years for kidnapping, plus time for using a firearm in the commission of a crime, and the city needs to feel the pain for hiring some thug and sticking a badge on em.


9 posted on 06/06/2023 2:54:35 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ron DeSantis. The latest GOPe champion in a long list of winners. Jeb! Mitt Romney, and John McStain)
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This clown needs to be retired Lancaster!

Uh! Reading......

10 posted on 06/06/2023 2:56:11 PM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: artichokegrower

Sarge has the two girls for backup.

11 posted on 06/06/2023 3:01:08 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: eeriegeno

They are getting the lions ready at the Reading Colosseum


12 posted on 06/06/2023 3:02:12 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: csvset

I’m thinking the “girl” on the right would be happy to be a part of the event being protested by the Christian.


13 posted on 06/06/2023 3:02:39 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

I thought so too. Perhaps it’s the haircut.


14 posted on 06/06/2023 3:05:24 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: SPDSHDW

The act is so blatant, even with good lawyers this is bullet proof case of 1A violations. I hope they are sued in federal court.


15 posted on 06/06/2023 3:06:45 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: artichokegrower

That book composed between 3500 and 2000 years ago is so powerful it still causes many to go into a hysteria fit if they hear a quotation from it!


16 posted on 06/06/2023 3:12:04 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: artichokegrower

Just be sure you don't bring a Bible with you!

17 posted on 06/06/2023 3:13:16 PM PDT by xp38
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Wow. It sounds like something that might happen in Lancaster or Reading in the modern, woke England, not yet in the US. Things are moving faster than even the more cynical predictions.


18 posted on 06/06/2023 3:17:00 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: LegendHasIt

Lol!

It’s pronounced “red-ing”....but that’s good.


19 posted on 06/06/2023 3:22:57 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

:-)


20 posted on 06/06/2023 3:25:35 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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