Posted on 01/05/2005 11:31:52 AM PST by bkny23m
What we have been saying has now happened. You cannot quote what the Bible has to say about homosexuality in public or you will be charged with a "hate crime." Philadelphia is only the beginning. If we fail to take a stand here, this "crime" will soon be applied across America.
In the 27 years of this ministry, I have never witnessed a more outrageous miscarriage of justice than what is happening in Philadelphia. Four Christians are facing up to 47-years in prison and $90,000 in fines for preaching the Gospel on a public sidewalk, a right fully protected by the First Amendment.
On October 10, 2004, the four Christians were arrested in Philadelphia. They are part of Repent America. Along with founder Michael Marcavage, members of Repent America—with police approval--were preaching near Outfest, a homosexual event, handing out Gospel literature and carrying banners with Biblical messages.
When they tried to speak, they were surrounded by a group of radical homosexual activists dubbed the Pink Angels. A videotape of the incident shows the Pink Angels interfering with the Christians’ movement on the street, holding up large pink symbols of angels to cover up the Christians' messages and blowing high pitched whistles to drown out their preaching.
Rather than arrest the homosexual activists and allow the Christians to exercise their First Amendment rights, the Philadelphia police arrested and jailed the Christians!
They were charged with eight crimes, including three felonies: possession of instruments of crime (a bullhorn), ethnic intimidation (saying that homosexuality is a sin), and inciting a riot (reading from the Bible some passages relating to homosexuality) despite the fact that no riot occurred.
(Excerpt) Read more at repentamerica.com ...
LOL!
Four Christians are facing up to 47-years in prison and $90,000 in fines for preaching the Gospel on a public sidewalk, a right fully protected by the First Amendment.
It seems to me that a "hate crime" was committed against these four Christians.
Have e-mailed th eWhiteHouse-called the Comments line
and sent snail mail to the DOJ Civil Rights Div. How these
Christians could be charged with Ethnic intimidation when
sexual behavior is NOT a Civil Right.How the Bible can be
"fighting words" in the city named from that city given in
the Revelation of Jesus Christ ;where Wm.Penn declared men
must be governed by God ,or they will be governed by tyrants; where James Wilson taught that in Americna Law our
laws must conform to the principles of natural law and not
violate any positive law of Scipture if our laws are to be
valid. That DOJ attorneys would be party to such anti-American invalid prosecution of law does not bode well for DOJ or for America.". . . a Christian nation"US S.Ct.1892
The ACLU is busy getting any signs of "offensive" Christianity out of the public square.
I'm sure they'd be on the side of the Pink Angels on this one.
Rush and Hannity should be talking about this every day - but instead Rush goes on about taxes and Rumsfeld. This should be front page news. Just damn!
bump
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This case needs dismissed NOW.
Semper Fi
As America goes, so goes the rest of the world. Watch out Mexico. So much for Free Speech! I predict an evangelical uprising against unauthorized authority and abuse of power against the Free People of the United States.
Considering the executive director of the ACLU is gay, I wouldn't expect much help from them, not that I would anyway. This is exactly the fight they have been looking for.
They were charged with eight crimes, including ... ethnic intimidationThis is a joke, right?
No, that's Christians that are supposed to be tolerant.
"ethnic intimidation"
Queers are now an ethnic group? I suppose that will be another box to check on future federal forms. A great many off-color comments come to mind but I'm gonna let it be.
Topsy-turvy world for sure.
Instead of arresting the homos, they arrest our Christian brothers and sisters.
How exactly do you think America should kill homosexuals?
Electric chair? Firing squad?
Ethnic intimidation? ETHNIC INTIMIDATION? OK, I give. What ethnicity is being intimidated by calling homosexuality a sin?
And why should non-Christians or non-Jews care if something is a sin anyway. Sin only matters if you are going to be judged by G-d. If you don't believe in G-d, calling something a sin has as much meaning as calling something a dinglehopper.
Homoesuality IS a dinglehopper, by the way.
COME AND GET ME!
Shalom.
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