Gov't official trying to restrict pastor's speech
Bob Kellogg - OneNewsNow - 7/30/2012 4:10:00 AM
Liberty Counsel is cautioning a Miami-Dade County school superintendent against using a pastor's sermon about homosexuality as reason to rescind his church's lease.Following Pastor Jack Hakimian's message at Impact Miami Church on the biblical position concerning homosexuality, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is "reviewing" North Miami Senior High School's lease agreement with the church to determine if it should be revoked. He says the sermons "appear to be contrary to school board policy, as well as the basic principles of humanity." Mat Staver of the Liberty Counsel has an issue with that.
"It's absolutely unthinkable that a government official believes that he has the opportunity and the authority to restrict someone's speech in a church service on Sunday," he contends. "The school board is a landlord in this case -- and consequently, they can't go into the privacy of the home or the privacy of the church service on Sunday."
The attorney says this is another attempt by the far left to silence those who disagree with their liberal viewpoint and agenda.
"This is clearly a free-speech issue," Staver decides. "I think it also illustrates what we've been saying for years -- that this homosexual agenda is intolerant, and they ultimately want to stop what you preach in church."
Pastor Hakimian's sermon, "Bible Says Gays and Sex Addicts Can Change and Should Change," reportedly denounced bullying and promoted the idea of respecting all people. He maintains, according to The Huffington Post, that he is not against the homosexual community, though he holds the "theological view that homosexuality isn't okay in the face of God."
"It's absolutely unthinkable that a government official believes that he has the opportunity and the authority to restrict someone's speech in a church service on Sunday," he contends. "The school board is a landlord in this case -- and consequently, they can't go into the privacy of the home or the privacy of the church service on Sunday."
The attorney says this is another attempt by the far left to silence those who disagree with their liberal viewpoint and agenda."This is clearly a free-speech issue," Staver decides. "I think it also illustrates what we've been saying for years -- that this homosexual agenda is intolerant, and they ultimately want to stop what you preach in church."
Pastor Hakimian's sermon, "Bible Says Gays and Sex Addicts Can Change and Should Change," reportedly denounced bullying and promoted the idea of respecting all people. He maintains, according to The Huffington Post, that he is not against the homosexual community, though he holds the "theological view that homosexuality isn't okay in the face of God."
Hakimian wants an apology from Carvalho.
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