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Christian Arrested for Calling Homosexuality a 'Sin' Warns of 'Real-Life Thought Police'[UK]
The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| 7/4/13
| John Bingham
Posted on 07/05/2013 5:32:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
A Christian street preacher has been arrested and questioned about his beliefs after saying that he thinks homosexuality is a “sin”.
Tony Miano, 49, a former senior police officer from the US, was held for around six hours, had his fingerprints and DNA taken and was questioned about his faith, after delivering a sermon about “sexual immorality” on a London street.
Mr Miano, who served as a Deputy Sherriff in Los Angeles County, said his experience suggested that the term “thought police” had become a reality in the UK.
He said he was amazed that it was now possible “in the country that produced the Magna Carta” for people to be arrested for what they say.
Mr Miano, who was provided with a solicitor by the Christian Legal Centre, was arrested under the controversial clause of the Public Order Act which bans “insulting” words or behaviour.
The clause has recently been dropped by the House of Lords after a high-profile free speech campaign but the change has yet to come into force.
The father of three, who took early retirement from the police to become a full-time preacher two years ago, was detained after was preaching outside a shopping centre in Wimbledon, south west London, on Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture; Theology
KEYWORDS: california; govtabuse; homofascism; homosexualagenda; losangeles; moralabsolutes; rapeofliberty; tonymiano; tyranny; unitedkingdom
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To: marshmallow
And we have idiots like Bette Midler spouting off on Independence day that we would have been better off had we lost the Revolutionary war.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:36:42 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: marshmallow
Coming to a country near you very shortly.
To: marshmallow
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:39:14 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
To: marshmallow
If he was speaking in public, it’s not exactly “thought police”: it’s speech police.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I want shrimp tacos.)
To: marshmallow
Gotta love those free thinking Brits.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:56:19 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: marshmallow
This is Tony Miano, formerly worked with Ray Comfort at Living Waters Ministry. I can’t stress enough how worthy a gentleman he is.
To: marshmallow
Mr Miano, who was provided with a solicitor by the Christian Legal Centre, was arrested under the controversial clause of the Public Order Act which bans “insulting” words or behaviour.
The clause has recently been dropped by the House of Lords after a high-profile free speech campaign but the change has yet to come into force.
You get past the headline and you always find the real story. Real story here: UK police enforce non-law.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:06:12 PM PDT
by
arderkrag
(An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
To: madmominct
Coming to a country near you very shortly.And what country would that be sir? Never mind. We both know the answer.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:10:10 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(My body is in California, but my heart is in the Philippines.)
To: mylife
Ole Bette as seen her better days. She might be senile. She was cheering on the IRS harassing the Tea Party a couple of weeks ago.
A lot of these older Hollyweirdos are acting even more ignorant than usual.
To: madmominct
>>Coming to a country near you very shortly.
It's been policy in Canada for a while now -- Which is why attacking the issue from a Religious perspective is self-evidently a losing proposition.
Do they have the huevos to try and ban the articulate BIOLOGICAL antitheses of their Abominable assertion in an equivalent of the Scopes Monkey trial?
Got Socio-Biological Fitness?
"Gay" penguins don't - not even in the San Francisco zoo
FAIL.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:37:12 PM PDT
by
TArcher
("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
To: marshmallow
He should be proud of that arrest.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:43:48 PM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(Allister Crowley would feel so at home in America today. "World's most average gay")
To: marshmallow
Convert to Islam. Walk out a free man.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:49:14 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: marshmallow
“Mr Miano, who was provided with a solicitor by the Christian Legal Centre, was arrested under the controversial clause of the Public Order Act which bans “insulting” words or behaviour.”
That clause would have pretty much eliminated Monty Python if it had been in effect back then.
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:19:12 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: marshmallow
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:20:02 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: marshmallow
The coming totalitarian oppression couldn’t be happening to a more deserving people. Put the popcorn in the microwave and enjoy!
To: Mastador1
that clause is selectively used I bet
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:22:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
Well I bet they would never use it on a muslim.
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:31:58 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
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posted on
07/05/2013 8:35:36 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: marshmallow
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posted on
07/05/2013 9:15:20 PM PDT
by
DaveMSmith
(Evil Comes from Falsity, So Share the Truth)
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