{"id":1338,"date":"2006-09-16T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-16T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/09\/christian-arrested-in-wales-fo.html"},"modified":"2006-09-16T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-16T08:12:00","slug":"christian-arrested-in-wales-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/09\/christian-arrested-in-wales-fo.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Arrested in Wales for quoting the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

We knew that it would come to this<\/a> eventually:<\/p>\n

Stephen Green, director of the UK organization, Christian Voice, was arrested on September 2 as he was distributing a pamphlet to those attending a homosexual Mardi Gras event in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. \"\"<\/a>He was approached by an inspector from the “Minorities Support Unit” of the police after some of the participants took offense at the content of the leaflet (go to www.persecution.net\/news\/uk1.pdf<\/a> to view a copy of the leaflet). When he went outside the park and continued distributing the offending material, he was arrested and charged with “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby, contrary to section 5(1) and (6) of the Public Order Act 1986.” A spokesman for the police told London’s Daily Mail that Green had not been violent or aggressive, but that the arrest was solely because “the leaflet contained Biblical quotes about homosexuality.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is typical, if you don’t like what people say, shut them up. They want people to be tolerant of their views but aren’t tolerant of the views of others. Shutting him up by arresting him, won’t silence the Bible. It still says what it says, should it be banned? Isn’t that what we do to books that are not PC? We ban them? Will the Bible be banned because it’s hurtful to gays?
\nPray that Green will be able to fight these charges.<\/p>\n

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