Here we go again. Christians denied freedoms to placate Muslims.
From One News Now:
Free speech in Kansas? I guess not...
Charlie Butts
"A pastor is facing a court date after sharing the gospel with Muslims -- in Kansas.
About 14 people, including three senior pastors, went to the local mosque to distribute to Muslims packets containing the books of John and Romans in English and Arabic and a DVD with testimonies of former Muslims. Pastor Mark Holick of Spirit One Christian Center was one of those passing out the packets to people leaving the mosque.
Holick tells OneNewsNow that when local police officers arrived on the scene, he was handcuffed then detained in a patrol car, where he repeatedly asked what crime he had committed.
'And then about 15 minutes later, 20 minutes later, something like that, they finally came over and told me that I was being charged with "loitering" and "failure to disperse,"' the pastor shares.
Asked if this episode occurred in Saudi Arabia, he replies, with a chuckle: 'No, this was in Wichita, Kansas.'
The pastor says it was very disconcerting to see the gospel squelched -- especially on a public sidewalk in a country with a constitutional guarantee of free speech. Holick believes police are suggesting that he was blocking traffic on the driveway.
'Of course we never did do that,' he assures. 'There would be no reason for us to block vehicles -- and they probably have no idea how much I like all of my organs and bones perfectly in the position they're in right now.'
Holick says serious free-speech rights are in question, so he is asking the Alliance Defense Fund to represent him. There has been no decision on that so far."
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Please keep in mind that you are accepting the Religious Rightwingnuts at their word. Methinks the police may have a different version of what went down. If it DID go down the way the good Holy Rollers say, the cops are in some trouble. But, since the good Rev has already suggested that there might be a charge that they were blocking ingress and egress to the property, I think I'd wait on the facts before getting up on any First Amendment soapboxes.
This Holick guy is quite a character. Maybe it'ssomething in the water in Kansas?
In any event, it's funny that the local CBS affiliate, in reporting on this story, shows a photo of Holick standing right in the middle of the mosque's driveway. That doesn't mean he was camped out there, of course... but he sure can't say he wasn't ever in the driveway!
http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-news-cd-pastor-mosque-arrest,0,6341270.story
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