It seeems that America is not immune to Christianophobia and totalitarian hate-crime hysteria. In Philadelphia, 11 Christians were arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy, possession of instruments of crime, reckless endangerment, ethnic intimidation, riot, failure to disperse, disorderly conduct, and obstructing highways after preaching Scripture at a gay pride event. Charges were subsequently dropped against seven of them -- apparently because they were not videotaped quoting Scripture -- but four have been sent to trial. According to the Christian website AgapePress, the evangelists were harassed by gay activists:

'A militant group called the "Pink Angels," whose main objective is to silence outspoken Christians, formed a human chain to block the Repent America members' access to the sidewalk.The police eventually escorted the Christians past the blockade, and they began to preach and distribute gospel tracts on the public sidewalk and street inside the event. However, homosexual activists continued to harass the open-air evangelists, screaming obscenities, hooting and whistling to drown out their message. Some of Pink Angels carried large signs alongside the Christians to block their message and prevent them from speaking with other Outfest attendees.'

But it was the Christians who were arrested and charged. According to one outraged Philadelphia attorney, Brian Fahling:

'...if you are a Christian on the streets of Philadelphia and dare to publicly express a Biblical viewpoint, a jail cell awaits you.'

Fahling, who claimed that the prosecutor referred to the Bible as 'hate speech', compared the plight of the Christians as comparable to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s:

'This is like being in the South in the 1950s up here in this court system. It is absolutely incredible'.

And in a subsequent article, Fahling added:

'First, symbols of Christianity are removed from the public square, now, Christians are facing years in prison because they preached the gospel in the public square. Stalin would be proud'.

This is where victim culture, and the onslaught upon the majoritarian religious and moral values of the west, has taken us. Our culture is locked in a life and death struggle. The problem is, only a few have noticed.

Posted by melanie at December 22, 2004