Posted on 07/10/2021 7:05:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
In Denton v. City of El Paso, Texas, (5th Cir., July 6, 2021), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to a Texas federal district court ordering it to grant a preliminary injunction barring El Paso from prohibiting religious proselytizing at the weekly outdoor El Paso Art and Farmers Market. The city's rules bar fundraising, political campaigning and religious proselytizing from the market. The court held that these exclusions are content-based, and concluded:
It is unclear whether the City has asserted a compelling government interest. We need not decide this issue ......
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Government cannot ban that activity.
Satan will work very, very hard to help them do so; meanwhile, he and his minions find other ways to discourage, minimize, deflect and discredit those carrying the Gospel to every people-group. The blood of Christian proselytizers will be spilled—it always is.
They could rent a booth space, and then proselytize only to the people who approach the booth and express an interest.
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