Sunday, May 24, 2009

Fascism Watch: Christians arrested for preaching...

Walk across college campuses across the U.S. and you will see anti-war protests, anti-U.S. protests, anarchist marches, gay pride parades, etc. Many of these protests and gatherings offer strong and divisive language- many times offensive to the majority of students who attend these colleges. But that is part of being an American- free speech, and the right to gather to voice our opinions- even when we all don't agree.

These types of gatherings and protests have been common place at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio without interference by the college nor campus police. But when a few Christian students did what Christians do- witness to other people about their faith, they were thrown in jail.

One student complained that the Christian students should not be able to share their faith on campus. Evidently there were no compaints about the anti-war protests, gay rallies, or even the recent Obama rallies. Or if there were complaints about the more liberal events, no one responded. The truth is, conservatives, Christians, and the non-liberal folk base their beliefs and lives on the Constitution- freedom. But so many liberals seem to only follow the "freedom of speech" idea when it comes to views that they agree with.

Had this group of Christians been a group of gay students, Muslims, or any other "liberal pet" special interest group, we would see it on the headline news of the day on CNN, MSNBC, or the New York Times. This is fascism with a capital "F". I remember a day in the not-so-distant past when we would feel fortunate to live in a country where we could freely share our faith. We would pray for countries who would be jailed for doing just that- just what these Christians were jailed for...in America. (READ FULL STORY)

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