Arrested For Reading Bible in Public!

[Covenanter]

BREAKING: 3 Pastors In California Got Arrested For Reading Bible! [HD]
by PYEM Ministry Inc. (videos)
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BREAKING: 3 PASTOR IN CALIFORNIA ARRESTED FOR READING THE BIBLE ALOUD IN PUBLIC! What's the United States of America Coming To? Their lawyers have now filed a counter-lawsuit against the authorities and the state citing violation of the first amendment. "The judgement day is coming, folks!" were his last words before he was taken away in handcuffs!

See it here.

[John81]

I wonder if someone reading from the Twilight series, a vulgar Playboy article or the Koran would have received the same police response?

The police office said it was illegal to preach. The man wasn't preaching, he was reading from the Bible...is reading outloud from the Bible now considered to be preaching?

[OLD fashioned preacher]

hmmmmn - the officer says "you can preach on a street corner" (ie: public property), but the man is arrested in front of DMV (public property) because the people are seeking to go somewhere (inside to conduct business and then leave) and are delayed (it's not open yet) thereby making them a captive audience. Couldn't the same logic be applied to a street corner captive audience (seeking to go somewhere but delayed due to a traffic light)??

[Cliff Hanger]

I wouldn't call that a captive audience. They could have walked away out of ear shot or sat in their car.

[John81]

The whole thing is wrong. First of all, the man wasn't preaching, he was reading. Second, there was no "captive audience"; as none of the people standing in line had to keep standing there. They were free to leave or ignore the man reading.

Also, notice how the police officer, upon initial arrival, goes directly to the man reading and tells him he's under arrest. The policeman didn't observe to see if the man was preaching or not. The policeman didn't ask him if he had been preaching and asked to leave.

[HappyChristian]

This is the kind of "logical" end to the ridiculous "separation of church and state" doctrine the SCOTUS proclaimed into "law." The Bill of Rights was not written to allow government to oppress people. It was written to prohibit the federal government from interfering with the rights of the people. States are free to create laws that they do, without interference from the feds (although, with the faulty reasoning behind interpreting the 14th amendment, most people - including those in government and lawyers - don't realize that).

[1Timothy115]

Praise God! Amen!