Comments on: Man Arrested for Reading Bible

By: Freedom Quiz–can you guess where? « Dregs of the Future

Freedom Quiz–can you guess where? « Dregs of the Future — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:55:20 +0000

[...] Arrest you for reading the Bible aloud in public. [...]

By: Michael Suede

Michael Suede — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:54:00 +0000

I’ve read it.

Here’s what it says:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

along with:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed

Handing out flyers and dissemination of anti-government propaganda on public property (of which the people in question are partial owners of) does not interfere with the government’s operations. Therefore it is unconstitutional to forbid them from conducting that protest.

By: Msoubirous

Msoubirous — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:22:00 +0000

The same CHP office granted a (free – no cost) permit to another Christian church 11 months earlier to “preach, pass out Bibles and church flyers. This was for a three day period, with the restriction to not interfere with the DMV business AND not to harass or intimidate the customers in line, Faith Chapel of San Jacinto went to the VERY SAME DMV office to do this. No complaints by the patrons either! The “church” in question appears to be hooked up with constitutionalists who want to break the laws to prove a point and are using “church” or religion to do this. Open access public property is a different animal than public facilities. You think Glenn Beck was required to obtain a permit to “use” the Lincoln Memorial – you bet he did. You didn’t see him make issue with that. Try to climb the White House gate to “Preach” to the President on the WH lawn, or better yet, insist you be allowed on a military base to preach. Not so “public” public “grounds.” The same rules that apply to the WH, military bases, state capitols, and yes, the lowly DMV properties are different that open commons. Read your Constitution. Some of your rights are conditional based upon time and place – so to speak. Lets ask ourselves why Calvary Chapel Hemet “videotapes” all its activities……..lawsuit? Maybe its more about the man than the message of the Bible? Thank you for reading this.