Wow, who is holding all those people in line hostage? You’d think such kidnapping would be of greater concern to captives than a little reading and speaking in public.
In truth, the 1st Amendment forbids Congress (and because of the 14th Amendment, also the States) from passing any laws that abridge the freedom of speech, or of religion and the free exercise of religion, among other things.
Therefore, it’s the law that is in error, not the pastors. Your preference to be free of such speech is irrelevant to this issue.
Surely you’re not suggesting that it is good to allow the government to empower itself to do that which it is forbidden to do by the Constitution, are you?
How about the laws of the state of CA that demand that they renew their driver's licenses or register their vehicles?
Wow, who is holding all those people in line hostage?...................................................................They are in line waiting to do personal business with the state.They should not be forced to listen to anyones religious views.
“Therefore, it’s the law that is in error, not the pastors.”
In this case, it wasn’t the law that was in error, it was the police. They were arrested for “impeding an open business” and in that statute, there are two exceptions to the law, first, if someone is doing union activites, and second, if someone is doing something protected by the Constitution.
The cop screwed up when he arrested them, the charges will be dismissed, and hopefully they’ll learn a valuable life lesson. :)