KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Hate
WHEN MICHAEL MARCAVAGE attended a local council meeting of Landsdowne, Pennsylvania, where he resides, he attempted to express his objection to the council's agenda of attracting more homosexuals to the borough (Landsdowne is the first community in Delaware County to have an open homosexual to serve in public office)...
During the public comment period of the meeting, the president of the council ordered Michael not to read from the Bible, which he described as "hate speech." He was reportedly struck by one of the council members, physically removed from the building, and claims to have been assaulted by the Landsdowne police chief, who informed him that he is being charged with "disrupting a public meeting" and "disorderly conduct." If convicted, he faces up to fifteen months in jail and a $2,800 fine for attempting to cite the Bible at a public meeting. It does not appear anyone has charged the council with intolerance or "hate speech" for insulting Bible believers and censoring referral to the Bible at a public meeting (http://www.repentamerica.com/hatespeech.html).
KneEmail: "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting" (Rom. 1:28; cf. Isa. 5:20).