[AF] It's a "WHAT"

[Rex Hyum Lee]

I'll stand down on this, and stand corrected to your research, and
take a wait and see on the rest, I have however felt
threatened by people I have befriended without prejudice, who felt
compelled to try and convert me to the "lifestyle."

from the least of these....... rex.     o=iii=<()
P.S........"The Beave" will never grow old!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Mathis"
> Your information is only partially correct. Comments embedded below:
>
> On 5/5/07, Rex Hyum Lee <rex at verticalradio.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 5:15 PM
>> Subject: It's a "WHAT"
>>
>>
>  I did a lttle research myself, and found that the reason he was convicted 
> is
> because his flyers (he was not "reading" speech from the Bible) had Bible
> quotes, and then had pictures of two men together (stick figures) with a 
> red
> circle around them and a diagonal red slash across it. And he was not
> convicted under the C-250 law, it was a local human rights law. AND, you
> fail to mention that a higher court later overturned the conviction. And 
> the
> opinion of many is that he would not have been convicted under law C-250.
>
> Sweden passed a similar law a year earlier, two Clergymen from
>> that beautiful land incarcerated.
>
>
> I found a reference to one clergy, Mr Aka Green. Some details: Pastor 
> Green
> gave a sermon on homosexuality that could only be described as an attack.
> His sermon had more in common with Fred Phelps than Jesus Christ. He was
> convicted, but ultimately the conviction was overturned by the Swedish
> Supreme Court, on the basis that religious opinions could not be used to
> convict.
>
>  Your freedoms are safe. These laws are not designed to prosecute pastors 
> or
> churches.
> >
> If he tried to FORCE you participate in an undesired sexual act, you 
> should
> have reported him to the police. Rape is rape, regardless of sexual
> orientation.
>  I do however agree with Douglas Pritchett when he said
>> "Sure could have used that in the 60's in Mississippi. They are just now
>> getting around to prosecuting murders committed during the Civil Rights
>> struggle where local all-white grand juries would routinely refuse to
>> indict."
>  True. Emmett Till is the "poster child" for this law. His murderers got 
> away
> with it because the Federal Government didn't get involved.

>
>
>   from the least of these....... rex.