Witch Willows WanderingsThe Case of the Whining Christians
January 31st 2007 19:37
If you’ve read any of my recent blogs about Muslims whining about things, well apparently the Christians were beginning to feel left out. Let me paint the picture for you:
There was a Pagan Pride festival being held at Richmond Hills Park (Grand Rapids). This is something that takes place across the country in various cities and times of the year. Pagans hold a “pride” festival to show what their religious beliefs actually are and to try to promote religious tolerance in the community. Plus, Pagans can get together in the open and not feel like they have to scurry around in the darkness of night under cloaks and veils. Instead they pay for a permit and have a festival in a local park. So, now enter the holier-than-thou Christian group. They decide to attend the festival, but not to show support. Instead they wanted to spread their own word by using a wooden platform, but no microphones or amplifiers. You can only imagine what they wanted to get on their soap box and “speak” about, right?
Now enter the Grand Rapids police. A sergeant told the Christian group they could not do what they were doing without a permit….kind of like what the Pagan group had to do. So he basically told them that they were disturbing the peace and had to leave. This is when the Allied Defense Fund attorneys step into the picture. Apparently one of the Christians stated that they were forcefully pulled from the platform, handcuffed, and then placed in the back of the cop car. The remaining members of the group were then threatened with arrest if they did not leave the park.
Here is where the Christian group begins whining. The group was supposedly told that even if they tried for a permit, it would not be given because of the apparently conflict of interest between them and the festival goers. So what do they do except team up with the Allied Defense Fund and whine about it. That’s a great idea. Now a complaint has been filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. They claim “Religious speech is protected under the First Amendment and cannot be silenced because of a city-imposed permit requirement,” according to Wenger an attorney for the ADF. Do you want to hear the kicker? The name of the Christian group that was trying to enforce their freedom of speech rights is named “The Worldwide Street Preachers’ Fellowship”. That should tell you right there what they were up to by “attending” the Pagan event.
So whine away little Christians. In my personal opinion I think it’s asinine that they not only attempted it but then also got an attorney so they could complain about it. Maybe next time the Christians are having something outside in celebration of Jesus then a group of Pagans, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and even Atheists should try to disrupt their celebration and cry freedom of speech and religion. I’m sure they would get their panties in a bunch over that, now wouldn’t they?
Blessed Be
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