Family Distributing Bibles at Pride Festival Arrested
Sent by a reader to our inbox: A Hayward, WI family was denied their booth to distribute Bibles at this year's GLBT Pride Festival, after previously permitted for the last 11 years. WCCO reported Brian and Doris Johnson and a third family member were arrested Saturday for handing out Bibles at the festival. A contributor at Loyal Opposition blog was at the scene of the arrest and noted this irony with the festival organizer's concern of discrimination at their event:
Three Christians were arrested today for trespassing handing out Bibles.
WCCO covered the story about the refusal of TC Pride to allow Christians to hand out Bibles:
...While the Johnsons did sign the festival’s anti-discrimination statement, signing is not enough. A dozen e-mails were exchanged and the Johnson’s could not convince organizers that they would be accepting of the GLBT community, so they will not have a booth this year. The Johnsons say they will still attend the Pride Fest and try to hand out bibles.
Pride has paid a fee to rent the whole park. According to Minneapolis Parks, in that case, Pride does have the right to choose which vendors are allowed.
Therefore, David Hill (612-305-6901) allows the Anti War Committee – who sympathizes with murderous anti-Semites and deniers of human rights – to speak, but won’t allow Christians to the same rights. Signing a non-discrimination statement wasn’t enough. People ripping up Bibles and stealing parts of their fetal development display – the thugs – have set the standard for TC Pride: the Heckler’s Veto.
Mr. Hill is afraid of “being discriminated against” – not by Jihadist sympathizers, not hung from constructions cranes, or stoned to death – he is afraid of Christians handing out Bibles and preaching their gospel.
The AWC signed the same non-discrimination, no doubt, so they’re ok – and the Christians aren’t.
Right?
Check for updates at Loyal Opposition, who planned to be at the Johnson's jail release Saturday evening.
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