Posted on 09/18/2020 5:40:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
Devon and Cornwall Police have told a Christian pastor that if he offends the LGBT community he could be breaking the law after he posted a comment on a social media thread that welcomed the cancellation of a local gay pride event.
Pastor Josh Williamson, 34, of Newquay Baptist Church, was warned by police to keep his views in a ‘safe environment’ after being targeted by a wave of anti-Christian abuse – including threats of violence and calls for his church to be burnt down.
Quoted the Bible
On 13 August 2020, Pastor Williamson responded to an article on a local news outlet’s Facebook page, which reported that this years’ Cornwall pride would be cancelled. He simply posted: “Wonderful news!”
Asked by an online user why the news was wonderful, he responded saying “because I don’t think sin should be celebrated.” Answering further questions on his views he quoted from the book of John, James, and 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.
On his personal Facebook page Pastor Williamson then shared the news article and commented:
“Hallelujah!! We prayed at our prayer meeting on Tuesday night that this event would be cancelled. We also prayed that the Lord would save the organisers. One prayer answered, now we wait for the second prayer to be answered.”
Organisers of Cornwall Pride searched his personal page, took a screenshot of the post, and then tagged Newquay Baptist Church and posted it along with negative comments made by other users about gay pride.
By blocking out the names on each comment and mentioning Newquay Baptist Church, it appeared that they had all been made by Pastor Williamson.
Online threats followed against the pastor’s wife and his head was superimposed onto an image of homosexual pornography, which was then shared online.
Reported for hate crime
Cornwall Pride then called on.....
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Id ask the officers when did perverts become first class citizens and christians become 3rd class citizens?
And when did i miss the vote on these?
Its rhetorical, dont answer, im not asking, its also the uk
Deviants are vindictive.
This is what happens in the real world when people “speak truth to power.”
Buy weapons and ammo, folks. The police are your enemy in a totalitarian state.
JoMa
If you don’t elect Biden they will burn the country down. Same logic.
Oh the British. They are so funny and proper. They banned people owning guns so the Islamic terrorists and copycat psychos went to knives. Then the British banned certain knives so the terrorists went to buses, cars, and truck. Next thing the UK governments will do is ban wheels.
If any of this crap makes sense, let me know. This is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain where young men, often in their late teens, flew into battle knowing that they were going to die.
Today, British youth and society would have surrendered to the Nazis before the first bomb was dropped.
England needs old John Bull with real balls, not these leftist, cowardly fops they have now.
RIP. Wing Commander Johnny Johnson and a late acquaintance, Br. Col. England (Hurricanes and Spitfires). Also a salute to WW2 SAS soldier and RAF Mustang flyer, Christopher Lee, the actor.
England is over. Gone.
I think the U.K. has gone further than any other “western” nation to destroy true freedom of speech, as “hate crimes” morphed down their intentional slippery slope from “crimes” related to actions to thought “crimes” by their open expression.
Tangentially, I think you made an insightful comment.
Years ago, I read a book where the author stated his belief on why the French fought so poorly in WWII. His belief was that the best of the French died in WWI, so there were not adequate numbers of men "of warrior spirit" around to teach their children (who were needed to fight WWII).
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