Is THIS America? Oklahoma Preacher Threatened With Arrest After Citing Bible Verses Regarding Same-Sex ‘Marriage’

Bob Unruh, WND News CenterApril 15, 2023

0 355 4 minutes read

A restraining order has been issued against a street preacher threatening him with jail if over the next five years he offends someone by citing Bible verses that oppose the ideology of same-sex marriage.

And that action is being challenged by the Rutherford Institute.

It actually is an attempt “by the courts to silence individuals whose religious views may be perceived as intolerant or hateful,” the organization reported.

At hand is a five-year restraining order against a street preacher who has been threatened with arrest “after citing Bible verses on social media to express his moral concerns about a church that endorses same-sex marriage and raising awareness about a public drag queen performance that occurred in front of children.”

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

Yes

“Religious individuals have a clear First Amendment right to publicly cite Bible verses that reflect their concerns about moral issues of the day without being accused of stalking, harassing or terrorizing those who are offended by the sentiments,” said constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of “Battlefield America: The War on the American People.”

“This case is a foreshadowing of the government’s efforts to insulate the populace from all things that might cause offense by criminalizing nonviolent First Amendment activities (speech, thought and actions) perceived as politically incorrect.”

The group is asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to overturn the five-year restraining order against Rich Penkoski.

WND is now on Trump’s Truth Social! Follow us @WNDNews

It’s “excessive and a clear violation of the pastor’s First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion,” Rutherford’s report explained.

Institute lawyers also noted that in the absence of any actual threats by Penkoski or proof that he sought to incite violence through the use of Bible verses, the court’s rationale appears to be based solely on claims that “LGBTQ leaders felt terrorized, harassed and fearful about how others might react to the Bible verses cited in the street preacher’s social media posts.”

It developed starting in 2022 when Penkoski used social media to express his concerns about a church that endorses same-sex marriage, as well as a public drag queen performance for children.

“He shared the church’s public photo of a same-sex wedding involving leaders of an LGBTQ organization and quoted Bible verses describing God’s judgment of sin. In a second post, Penkoski criticized the church’s publicly shared photos of children celebrating Pride Month. In a third post, Penkoski weighed in on a regional effort to ban adult-oriented entertainment in public spaces,” Rutherford reported.

He also posted evidence of what LGBTQ leaders claimed to the city council, as well as photos “of a drag queen behaving in a sexually suggestive manner near children at the Pride event.”

Without any evidence except for LGBTQ claims they felt “terrorized” by the information online, a trial court imposed the protective order.

Rutherford lawyers said because of the extraordinary order, Penkoski could be arrested and given a year in jail for behavior that could include citing similar Bible verses.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Question: Why do the political and corporate leaders of America – long the freest, most successful, most prosperous and most Christian nation in history – bow and scrape before China, a ruthless, communist, totalitarian and explicitly atheistic dictatorship openly committed to ruling the world, including America?

The astonishing answers come into focus only when one contemplates both the unprecedented level of political and financial corruption in America’s ruling class (multiple Biden family members received $31 million in payola from China), and simultaneously the communist Chinese government’s brilliantly devious methods of unconventional total warfare, by which China is stealthily infiltrating, subverting, corrupting and colonizing the United States of America.

The China threat has rarely been more dramatically or pointedly documented than in the sensational March issue of WND’s critically acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled “HOW CHINA IS CONQUERING AMERICA.” Whistleblower is available in both the popular print edition and a state-of-the-art digital version, either single issues or discounted annual subscriptions.

For 25 years, WND has boldly brought you the news that really matters. If you appreciate our Christian journalists and their uniquely truthful reporting and analysis, please help us by becoming a WND Insider!

Content created by the WND News Center is available for re-publication without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@wndnewscenter.org.

This article was originally published by the WND News Center.

Turn your back on Big Tech oligarchs and join the New Resistance NOW! Facebook, Google, and other members of the Silicon Valley Axis of Evil are now doing everything they can to deliberately silence conservative content online, so please be sure to check out our MeWe page here, check us out at ProAmerica Only and follow us at Parler, SocialCross, Speak Your Mind Here, and Gab. You can also follow us on Truth Social here, Twitter at @co_firing_line, and at the social media site set up by members of Team Trump, GETTR

While you’re at it, be sure to check out our friends at Whatfinger News, the Internet’s conservative front-page founded by ex-military!And be sure to check out our friends at Trending Views: