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AROUND THE WORLDYes, Canada is Actually Arresting Christian Pastors and Banning Them From Preaching

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
You realize this has nothing to do with free speech, don't you? He was harassing people over a loudspeaker. Why should that be tolerated?
And Canada still has guns, BTW.
Guns with an immense amount of red tape. I remember that bear in Toronto where even the game officer had trouble acquiring a firearm to deal with the situation due to the restrictive bureaucracy.
 

Saint Frankenstein

Wanderer From Afar
Premium Member
If he was using his natural voice with no amplifier he'd likely have still been arrested due to the hate speech statute. Hate speech being subjective, all a member of the LGBTQ community would have to do is complain and that's a violation. But to have a group of them complain, as they're want to travel in groups if they're made aware of a situation like a street preacher, they'll be a numbered force. And then they can in group think claim they're offended. And that what the preacher is saying is hate speech.
LGBTQ threaten the lives of bakers and florists in America after all. They're not beyond threatening a man on a street preaching that the immoral sexual sinner , that would be the gay or straight, will not see the kingdom of Heaven.

When the Bible is considered "hate speech" in Canada it is a matter of time before their lawmakers try to subdue preaching indoors.

Sinners don't like to be told they are sinners and there's an afterlife penalty awaiting the unrepentant.
While those sinners laugh and call that myth they don't know what comes next. What they think is waiting is just as much a faith as any other.
Wah wah. Let me know when Christians are burnt to death, thrown off buildings, stoned to death, beaten to death, etc. (as LGBT people are and have been in Abrahamic societies) for being bigoted prats and maybe I'll take your oft-desired martyred badge more seriously. Until then, the guy just got arrested for being a public nuisance. These hellfire and brimstone preachers basically base their whole schtick around insulting and belittling people (much of Christian ideology is insulting, really), so I'm surprised when they don't get punched in the mouth for what they say.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
June 5, 2019
Yes, Canada is Actually Arresting Christian Pastors and Banning Them From Preaching in Public

It is no longer legal to preach the word of Christ on the Canadian streets if others are offended.



A Christian pastor named David Lynn was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace with “derogatory comments” on Tuesday for preaching the word of God on a street corner at Church-Wellesley Village in Toronto, ON.

After the disciple of Christ was harassed by a group of unruly protesters, he was hauled off in handcuffs by law enforcement because preaching the Gospel was considered to be a criminal violation.

The LGBT mob cheered on as the man was dragged away in handcuffs, a sign of things to come if their perverse agenda continues unabated.


The article continues at the link and includes a cop-cam video of the incident.

I use to live in Toronto . It can only get worse at this point. God be with Canadian Christians.


You are happy that christian preachers can puplically insult and harras someone with different beliefs in the streets???

And christians complain they dont get fair treatment in non christian countries...
 

sooda

Veteran Member
June 5, 2019
Yes, Canada is Actually Arresting Christian Pastors and Banning Them From Preaching in Public

It is no longer legal to preach the word of Christ on the Canadian streets if others are offended.



A Christian pastor named David Lynn was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace with “derogatory comments” on Tuesday for preaching the word of God on a street corner at Church-Wellesley Village in Toronto, ON.

After the disciple of Christ was harassed by a group of unruly protesters, he was hauled off in handcuffs by law enforcement because preaching the Gospel was considered to be a criminal violation.

The LGBT mob cheered on as the man was dragged away in handcuffs, a sign of things to come if their perverse agenda continues unabated.


The article continues at the link and includes a cop-cam video of the incident.

I use to live in Toronto . It can only get worse at this point. God be with Canadian Christians.

Preaching on the street?
 

Kangaroo Feathers

Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
So, ONE street preacher gets arrested...

The description of hate speech act sounds like it would apply equally to all religions...

Freedom of speech does have limits, and both governments and citizens and various groups and organizations have to keep testing those boundaries...
One street preacher who was not arrested for the reaskn the headline claimed.
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
Was this man disturbing the peace or was he simply disturbing the peace of the protesters just by being there? If his message was peaceful, then why the arrest? Who told those police officers to arrest a man who was not violent but speaking of love?

Yes he was....using a loudspeaker? That's not "adorning Divine teaching", that's pushing people away. Sure glad we use other, quieter means!
 

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
June 5, 2019
Yes, Canada is Actually Arresting Christian Pastors and Banning Them From Preaching in Public

It is no longer legal to preach the word of Christ on the Canadian streets if others are offended.



A Christian pastor named David Lynn was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace with “derogatory comments” on Tuesday for preaching the word of God on a street corner at Church-Wellesley Village in Toronto, ON.

After the disciple of Christ was harassed by a group of unruly protesters, he was hauled off in handcuffs by law enforcement because preaching the Gospel was considered to be a criminal violation.

The LGBT mob cheered on as the man was dragged away in handcuffs, a sign of things to come if their perverse agenda continues unabated.


The article continues at the link and includes a cop-cam video of the incident.

I use to live in Toronto . It can only get worse at this point. God be with Canadian Christians.
Canada has Hate Speech laws. Shouting derogatory statements in a public place qualifies as hate speech.
 

Kangaroo Feathers

Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
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