Our pastor was arrested last night in Huntsville, AL for street preaching. Video

Does he really not understand that yelling at people on the street makes HIM the dickhead here?

Illegal or not, rude is rude.

just because your a preacher dosent mean you can disturb the peace.

I have to agree with you here. The guy was yelling at everyone and put his pulpit in the middle of the street for maximum attention. There are better ways to reach people than being aggressive like this one was. Yelling at them in an accusatory manner is only going to push people away not bring them to Christ.

My father was a preacher and had a water well business. He reached people by "talking" to them individually and trying to reach them on a personal level without being judgmental. He also provided charitable works for those who really needed it even if they didn't know they needed it or were too proud to ask for help. Actions speak louder than words, no matter how high your volume is.

I can't stand it when preachers come across like this one does. It's not a good image at all. If your actions are pushing people away from Christ, you are not preaching the Word of God. This one is definitely pushing people away.

He had an out, when she asked him to "tone it down". He refused. Asking him to tone it down is way different that telling him to pack it up and to home. She never instructed him to stop. He could have done things differently and avoided arrest.

'illegal or not'

That is the point... the arrest was unlawful.

His speech might be offensive to some, welcomed by others. The point is that we (you, me, and Sam) are free to speak.

As do I!

Its a short step from saying one can't preach on a public sidewalk, to saying one can't talk about Jesus in public, to one can't carry a bible in public, to one can't wear a cross necklace in public.

Let me ask you and others.

If you happen upon a gay pride parade, do you call the police and attempt to have them arrested because half naked men simulating sex acts in public is offensive?

No? Why not? Oh yeah. They have a parade permit and total political support to be in your face obnoxious.

No. What you do is ignore the gay pride parade. You go away, go home and allow them to exercise their right to be obnoxious, loud, pushy and worse.

Your pastor is a douche.

Given his tone towards everyone else I would say that he is walking the line of disorderly conduct. Since he got 'bailed out' I assume that there are charges?

I'd be willing to bet though that if this was an Imam shouting the Koran getting arrested you'd be first in line to shake the officer's hand and give him a donut.

If you want to be some crazy asshole shouting at everything that moves, just go home. Get some goldfish. Yell at them instead.

Didn't I read somewhere, "Freedom OF Religion"? Not FROM?

Tell Him he just needs a guitar.

And somehow you can't ignore him, like I ignore two queers holding hands and kissing on a public sidewalk?

this needs to go viral...
1st amendment violated
religious right took away.
cops are way outta hand.

Hard to ignore someone shouting in your ear. I don't come across many gays kissing on sidewalks, but I would imagine I would just look away. I don't understand your comparison here?

I don't agree with what the man was doing and honestly don't think it helps the Christian cause but what that cop did is total BULLSHIT and I hope he sure the bell out of HPD!!!


He has tbe right to say what ever he wants on a public sidewalk. I grew up in Huntsville and it used to be a great place to live but has turned into a liberal hell hole in the last 10 years.

I hope he sues the bell out of HPD!!!!

free to speak yes. But they did more than speak. Surely you can admit this?

yes, to SAY what he wants. These two did a lot more than speak. They were acting aggressive and hostile with accusations/blames of sin and THREATS of going to hell.

That is not love.

That will never truly convert anyone.

If cities funded Christian pride, heterosexual parades like they fund gay pride fuck fest parades, the dude could parade his public message without using a stationary soap box and his voice.

What is offensive to you and what is offensive to me, can be two totally different things.

Exactly. Its usually impossible to ask a christian to see multiple sides of an issue.

They were not aggressive you snowflake. It's his opinion and his right to voice it. Just like it's your right to disagree and be a dumb ass snow flake. Your not being arrested for your dumb ass opinion. Neither should he.

As I said I don't agree with what he was doing but it's his right

Agreed.

Street preaching is the most annoying. Maybe not arrest-worthy but take it somewhere else. People telling people how horrible they are, yeah, fun. Self-haters.

Now they get to be martyrs like Paul. Great.

Arrested for disturbing others, nothing more. She warned him, he said do it. Nothing to see here, move along.

Sorry dude, you are losing me with all these homo references. Why are you even talking about gay people right now? The preacher in the OP's video was being an asshole to everyone in the vicinity. What does your fascination with gay people have to do with that?

"snowflake" is that how daddy used to speak to you?

I have a lot more sympathy for Christians than toxic materialistic suburbanites with no core beliefs who think their cheap 4 year degree at bum fuck state college makes them middle class intellectuals.

I don't give two shits about your fucking red karma. I'm not a muslism. I am not a Christian. I am not an atheist. Here is the fucking fact, this isn't a First Amendment Free Speech issue, it's a 1A Freedom of Religion issue!

You are fucking impending on the freedoms of others when you preach this way or espouse sharia in the fucking streets! Call me un-American.

America wasn't found by evangelical Christians! They were mostly Deists!

Just calling it like I see it snowflake. And judging from your last response I was spot on. You going to call the cops now snowflake??