Wisdom Farms

FREEDOM OF SPEECH NOT FOR CHIRISTIANS !

The ordinance states: "No person shall deliver a sermon, lecture, address or discourse ... on the streets, alleys, sidewalks, public squares or any public grounds of the city without having first obtained the written permission of the chief of police."

Ball, a 46-year-old preacher, rightly protests that his Constitutional liberties are being violated by this ordinance restricting free speech and the free exercise of religion in public places.

One thing that Police Chief Donnie Parks seems to object to is Balls' display of a sign that reads: "Three gay rights: AIDS, hell, salvation." Parks said it is wrong to use "any terminology that is inflammatory to the general public, such as making reference to sexual orientation or race in offensive terms or a derogatory nature" ("Street Preacher Vows to Bring More Protesters to Challenge Law," Times-News, March 23).

I would not personally hold up such a sign, because that is not the way I practice evangelism; but it is not wrong and Ball certainly has the right to free speech and to the free, unrestricted exercise of his religion. We pray that the courts will rule constitutionally on this matter as opposed to ruling by the whim of Political Correctness.

Untitled Comment

07:16, Saturday, March 31, 2007 .. Posted by gokings13

Sad, but it is so true and a sign of the Times.
Laura