CHRISTIAN POST/ Ian M. Giatti-
In a case against a street preacher charged for speech condemning homosexuality, a government prosecutor in England argued certain Bible passages “are simply no longer appropriate in modern society.”
John Dunn was charged with violating the Public Order Act by engaging in “threatening,” “abusive” and “insulting” speech when he told a lesbian couple that homosexuals will not “inherit the kingdom of heaven,” citing the Bible, the Daily Signal reported.
A prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service, the office of government prosecutors for England and Wales, wrote in a document sent to the defense before the trial that “there are references in the bible [sic] which are simply no longer appropriate in modern society and which would be offensive if stated in public.”
The case against Dunn, a 55-year-old British army special forces veteran, was dismissed because the lesbian couple declined to testify.
Dunn has preached regularly for 15 years on the streets of the town of Swindon in southwestern England.
The Daily Signal said a spokesman did not respond to questions about whether the official government prosecution office endorses the claim.
“The non-response from the CPS speaks volumes,” Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, which represented Dunn in the case. Continue reading…
